On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, James wrote:
> where's the 'standard' place for my program binaries to go?
> /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin ?
> and documentation should go in /usr/doc/<programname>
> manpages in /usr/man/... (and how do i write manual pages anyway?)
The /usr directory is usually reserved for programs, libraries, etc. that
come with your unix distribution but are not necesary for booting the
computer.
The /usr/local/bin is where the localy installed programs would go. There
is also /usr/local/doc and /usr/local/man for documentation and man pages.
Finally /opt directory for localy installed programs is gaining
popularity. I personally prefer /usr/local bacuase I have not heard any
good arguments for a /opt directory.
Correct me if any of this is wrong and hopefully it will help answer your
question.
Kevin Sivits
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