Paweł Tęcza wrote:
> Shawn Walker pisze:
>> Paweł Tęcza wrote:
>>> Hello People,
>>>
>>> I've googled a lot and I'm confused, because I still don't know what the 
>>> best place for installation of add-on apps under OpenSolaris is.
>>>
>>> For example, I want to compile and install some free software/open 
>>> source like OpenVPN or memtest86+. What prefix should I type for 
>>> configure script? /usr/local? /opt/local? /opt/sfw? /opt/<appname>?
>>>
>>> What do you recommend me? Is it something like "OpenSolaris way"?
>>>
>>> My best regards,
>>  From "man filesystem":
>>
>>       /usr/local
>>
>>           Not part of the  SVR4-based  Solaris  distribution.  The
>>           /usr  directory is exclusively for software bundled with
>>           the Solaris operating  system.  If  needed  for  storing
>>           machine-local  add-on  software,  create  the  directory
>>           /opt/local  and  make  /usr/local  a  symbolic  link  to
>>           /opt/local.  The  /opt  directory  or  filesystem is for
>>           storing add-on software to the system.
>>
>> If this is unpackaged software, that's where I'd put it.
> 
> Hi Shawn,
> 
> Thanks a lot for your reply! Do the rest of you agree that /opt/local
> is the best location for that kind of software? ;)

Yes, if it isn't packaged.

If it's packaged, I'd build it to install into /usr.

-- 
Shawn Walker
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