begin craigw quotation:
>
> The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when
> installing software locally
>
> /opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software
> packages.
>
>
> Hmmm I'm not seeing much of a distinction.
As someone else has mentione
> martin f krafft wrote:
> >
> > hi folks,
> >
> > i've always installed OpenOffice or StarOffice or whatever into
> > /usr/local/apps/{open,s}office or /usr/local/lib/{open,s}office,
> > depending on whether the day was even or odd -- as in, there was no
> > pattern. now i am installing a couple
martin f krafft wrote:
>
> hi folks,
>
> i've always installed OpenOffice or StarOffice or whatever into
> /usr/local/apps/{open,s}office or /usr/local/lib/{open,s}office,
> depending on whether the day was even or odd -- as in, there was no
> pattern. now i am installing a couple of new systems
begin martin f krafft quotation:
>
> > Why do I put it in /home? Well, i was switching distros rather frequently
> > last year before settleing on Debian and home is a seperate part that
> > never gets formatted.
>
> ever heard of /usr/local?
Not everybody's /usr/local is a seperate filesystem
on Sat, Apr 13, 2002, martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> it seems that these software packages should install into
> /opt/{open,s}office to keep the system in accordance with the FHS.
> however, there's something deep inside me speaking against /opt at the
> top of the filesystem hierarc
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 04:24:52PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> hi folks,
>
> i've always installed OpenOffice or StarOffice or whatever into
> /usr/local/apps/{open,s}office or /usr/local/lib/{open,s}office,
> depending on whether the day was even or odd -- as in, there was no
> pattern. now i
also sprach Brian W. Carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.13.2048 +0200]:
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.12.html
thanks, i am actually part of the team i guess...
> You seem extremely committed on the one hand to following FHS to the letter,
> even going so far as to get mad at those who
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.12.html
says " /opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software
packages. "
Open/StarOffice are add-on application software packages.
Ergo, Open/StarOffice goes in /opt.
You seem extremely committed on the one hand to following FHS to th
also sprach Arthur H. Johnson II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.13.1814 +0200]:
> I typically install OpenOffice to either home, or opt. I dont think it
> matters where you install it. Then I usually create a script in /usr/bin
> called soffice:
that's exactly what i was trying to prevent. sentenc
I typically install OpenOffice to either home, or opt. I dont think it
matters where you install it. Then I usually create a script in /usr/bin
called soffice:
#!/bin/bash
/home/OpenOffice/program/soffice &
Why do I put it in /home? Well, i was switching distros rather frequently
last year be
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 04:24:52PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> it seems that these software packages should install into
> /opt/{open,s}office to keep the system in accordance with the FHS.
> however, there's something deep inside me speaking against /opt at the
> top of the filesystem hierarch
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