Carlos Santana wrote:
I tend to try out many open source apps/packages
I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local so they are isolated from each other.
You mean /usr/local or /usr/local/src ? I would create new directory under /usr/local/src and put source there. Please correct me if I am wrong.
This brings one more confusion:
- whether to use /usr space or /opt .
Any comments?
In general, /usr/local or /opt is _your_ space, where /bin, /lib, the rest of /usr, /var, etc. are the distribution's space. What you do in your space is up to you. Most things will land under /usr/local when built from a non-distribution-specific source. Leaving them there and adjusting your PATH if necessary to run them is a reasonable way of doing non-standard things. And you probably aren't going to get any better agreement on a standard for non-standard builds...