On Tue 2017-01-10 (07:17), Benjamin P. August wrote: > In some worlds it was /opt and others it was /usr/local that got used for > extra packages.
There is a BIG difference: Applications in /opt/ are in ONE subdirectory, whereas in /usr/local/ they are spread over many subdirectories. To remove an application under /opt you can simply "rm /opt/$APPLICATION" This is not possible for a /usr/local/ installation. > But Solaris (SysV based) used /opt Also HPUX, AIX, OSF/1, etc... -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlac...@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<cakokdu4hbkqt4nafhufjrn9cfqlv079mbkybrypsn1pypsq...@mail.gmail.com> -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
