On 2024-04-05 08:29:58, Hendrik Boom via Dng wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 08:40:05AM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote:
> > Le 04/04/2024 à 22:19, Hendrik Boom a écrit :
> > > On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 01:10:09PM +0200, Daniel Abrecht via Dng wrote:
> > > > /usr/local is for files that do not originate from the distribution /
> > > > vendor.
> > > What's important is that the distro refrain from putting anything in
> > > /usr/local themselves.
> >     Yes. Everything in /usr/local is for locally built software. Packaged
> > software is absolutely forbidden to install under /usr/local. This seems to
> > be a very strict rule.
>
> Very strict, but not strict enough.
> Sometimes third-party packages are designed to install entirely in /usr/local
> to avoid conflicts with the distro.
> Of course that can be a problem.
>
> But there's no need for the local administrator to use /usr/local for her owm
> software. She can use a randomly generated name and put everything there.
> So instead of /usr/local, she could use /fuj67 as a place for all truly local software.
>
> Just as easy to set up as one's own /usr/local.

There is also /opt.

I tend to put individual scripts I wrote in /usr/local/bin or
/usr/local/sbin, and entire packages that need their own heirarchy in
/opt/$PACKAGENAME.

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