On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 23:00 +0200, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > I would also very much like the default installation path for stable > releases as well to be (e.g.) /local/apps/ion-x[-yyyyyyyy] with just symlinks > in /local/bin/, but the *nix file system hierarchy is what it is, and all the > serious attempts to change it seem to be by RecentWindowsConverts AttractedTo > MarketdroidNamingConventions.
What about /opt? It's in the [1]FHS, and it's pretty much what you describe. I'm not really sure I like the symlink farming thing, but I don't know how it should be implemented otherwise either. [1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#OPTADDONAPPLICATIONSOFTWAREPACKAGES -- Pelle
