On 3 May 2015 at 12:01, Alan Pope <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3 May 2015 at 11:36, Gareth France <[email protected]> wrote: >> There is no point in botching it to make it work as that's not really an >> instruction I can expect anyone downloading it to have to follow. >> >> Will the packaging moderators be happy with me installing to /usr/local? >> > > It will be rejected if you do. > > https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/publish/other-forms-of-submitting-apps/packaging-commercial-apps-part-2-packaging-software-additional-notes/ > > "Submitting for inclusion > > Basic DOs and Dont's for packaging for Commercial Applications > > DOs > > Please use /opt/<application_name>/ as your application root directory"
I see some apps install a link to the application binary from /usr/bin. Is that the recommended approach? Colin > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
