Re: Directory structure (was: Why are you on a *nix desktop?)

<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/opt has it's roots in other *nix distributions
(e.g. HPUX, AIX) and stands for &quot;Optional&quot;. Used to be for packages
that were required by some users and not all (typically non-essential compilers
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">But I'm sure you know that (and sorry
for the history lesson :-)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">BC<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">David Gibbs &lt;david@xxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Discuss &amp; plan a Linux based desktop
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<td><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:</font>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">11/11/2009 10:49 AM</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">[LinuxDesktop4i] Directory structure
(was: Why are you on a *nix &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;desktop?)</font></table>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Dennis Lovelady wrote:<br>
&gt; Good thinking, Scott! &nbsp;But I wonder what you do about other directories<br>
&gt; (especially /etc) that are pretty much system-wide directories, but
may have<br>
&gt; stuff necessary for your /usr (or /opt) stuff?<br>
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I've never understood the '/opt' directory ... the three distros I've <br>
worked with so far (Fedora/Redhat, Slackware {not in a while}, and <br>
Ubunut) don't use it directly.<br>
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It's only used by some 3rd party packages that have their own installer.<br>
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Personally, I would prefer that kind of stuff get installed in <br>
/usr/local instead of /opt.<br>
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david<br>
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