Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Felix Miata
Ben Finney composed on 2017-04-20 13:53 (UTC+1000): > Felix Miata wrote: >> Denying an admin the right to create other directories in the root of >> /usr/local/ makes no sense to me. > It makes sense in the context of “this space reserved for future use”. > The operating system reserves some

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Ben Finney
Felix Miata writes: > Denying an admin the right to create other directories in the root of > /usr/local/ makes no sense to me. It makes sense in the context of “this space reserved for future use”. The operating system reserves some name spaces – including the root

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 20/04/17 05:56, Nicolas George wrote: Le decadi 30 germinal, an CCXXV, Felix Miata a écrit : /usr/local/, like so: The directory you are looking for is /opt. On my Debian machine: $ ls -al /opt total 20 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 15 19:48 ./ drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Apr 15

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread David Wright
On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 15:06:11 (-0400), Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 4/19/17, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 13:46:51 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > >> Brian composed on 2017-04-19 14:03 (UTC+0100): > >> > >> > On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 07:30:20 -0500, Richard

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2017-04-19 13:25 (UTC-0500): > On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 13:46:51 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: >> /usr/local/, like so: >> # ls -gG /usr/local/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 Mar 2 01:17 bin >> drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Dec 28 03:58 Brother >> drwxrwxr-x 2 4096 Mar 31 11:51 dfsee >>

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 4/19/17, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 13:46:51 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: >> Brian composed on 2017-04-19 14:03 (UTC+0100): >> >> > On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 07:30:20 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >> >> >> I wish to use SeaMonkey's Linux executable to

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread David Wright
On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 13:46:51 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > Brian composed on 2017-04-19 14:03 (UTC+0100): > > > On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 07:30:20 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > >> I wish to use SeaMonkey's Linux executable to maintain maximum > >> compatibility > >> with my Windows machine. >

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Nicolas George
Le decadi 30 germinal, an CCXXV, Felix Miata a écrit : > /usr/local/, like so: The directory you are looking for is /opt. Symlinks from /usr/local to the latest version in /opt are often a good idea. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Felix Miata
Brian composed on 2017-04-19 14:03 (UTC+0100): > On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 07:30:20 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I wish to use SeaMonkey's Linux executable to maintain maximum compatibility >> with my Windows machine. >> Using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard as a

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Brian
On Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 07:30:20 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to use SeaMonkey's Linux executable to maintain maximum compatibility > with my Windows machine. > > Using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard as a guide > I see several possible folders. > > What is

Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Richard Owlett
I wish to use SeaMonkey's Linux executable to maintain maximum compatibility with my Windows machine. Using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard as a guide I see several possible folders. What is Debian's preferred folder for executables available to all users. TIA