change /opt to /win Was: Re: SOLVED: Re: [CentOS] Installing Google's Picasa for Linux on CentOS 5
Lanny Marcus
lannyma at gmail.comThu Nov 8 13:46:56 UTC 2007
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On 06 November 2007 , John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: >indeed. in some filename/directory standard or another who's name >escapes me, /opt is the standard place to install non-core distribution >software packages ... linux people often use /usr/local for this, but >/usr/local is intended for site specific stuff, which software packages >really aren't. John: Thank you for the above explanation! As I just wrote, I made that mistake about 2 1/2 years ago. I will change it, from /opt to /win and hopefully won't repeat that same mistake! -- Lanny --------------------------------------------------------- Over 800 Magazine titles up to 85% off http://lowcostmagazines.com/
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