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From: PengYu.UT on 5 Sep 2009 23:12 Hi, I see that some packages are installed in /opt? I am wondering what 'opt' stands for? What packages shall be installed in /opt? Regards, Peng
From: Bit Twister on 5 Sep 2009 23:43 On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 20:12:34 -0700 (PDT), PengYu.UT(a)gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I see that some packages are installed in /opt? I am wondering what > 'opt' stands for? What packages shall be installed in /opt? You might want to read http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz If you want to skip ahead. :) Chapter 35. The LINUX File System Standard
From: Ben Finney on 5 Sep 2009 23:49 "PengYu.UT(a)gmail.com" <pengyu.ut(a)gmail.com> writes: > I see that some packages are installed in /opt? I am wondering what > 'opt' stands for? <cynical> The '/opt/' directory is a general dumping ground for applications developed from a perspective that, rather than putting files in predictable standard locations, the filesystem should bend to the will of the designers of one specific application. </cynic> > What packages shall be installed in /opt? Well, the glib answer to that is “whatever packages the system administrator allows to install there”. More pertinently, no application *should* be installed there; instead, the application should be designed so that it can find its files in the expected locations around the standard filesystem. Whatever programs you *do* find there have a poor level of modularity and decoupling. -- \ “The most merciful thing in the world… is the inability of the | `\ human mind to correlate all its contents.” —Howard Philips | _o__) Lovecraft | Ben Finney
From: Mark Hobley on 6 Sep 2009 03:08 PengYu.UT(a)gmail.com <pengyu.ut(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I see that some packages are installed in /opt? I am wondering what > 'opt' stands for? What packages shall be installed in /opt? It is policy here that the /opt directory contains only applications that are not required to be installed on a laptop computer. Non-essential packages, such as games, and applications that can only operate when connected to a network, such as an irc chat client, may be installed in a subdirectory of /opt. The /opt directory is generally provided from a network fileserver and all machines on the network may share a common /opt. On laptop computers the /opt directory may not be available, when then laptop is not on the "home" lan, so anything required to be installed on a laptop should not go in /opt. Mark. -- Mark Hobley Linux User: #370818 http://markhobley.yi.org/
From: David W. Hodgins on 6 Sep 2009 03:27
On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:12:34 -0400, PengYu.UT(a)gmail.com <pengyu.ut(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I see that some packages are installed in /opt? I am wondering what > 'opt' stands for? What packages shall be installed in /opt? In general (because it varies from one distribution and package to the next), /opt is used for packages installed using third party packages. /usr/local is used for stuff you create yourself. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |