On Fri, 10 Jan 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014, Robert Munro wrote:
You can avoid having a separate /opt partition by pointing it to
/usr/local.
Robert,
Good point. The described uses of /usr/local and /opt seem to
overlap extensively. I can understand the value of two separate
partitions in an enterprise but it doesn't make much sense for a
small business or individual.
The stated difference between the two directory trees is simple:
/usr/local is for locally built and installed software, /opt is for
third-party software.
If you typically use only system-provided packages and/or install only
locally built software, there's not much reason to have /opt as a
separate partition.
--
Paul Heinlein
heinl...@madboa.com
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