barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) (06/06/90)
Now that abundant free software is becoming available, the question arises: where (in the directory tree) to put it? A natural UNIX place would be /usr/local/bin for binary and /usr/local/src for source. My concern is this: When NeXT releases version 2.0 of the system software, I don't want any hassles with moving/losing/re-making all the stuff I've collected. Aside from that, I'd like to be consistent with UNIX tradition. Any comments from the Sys Admin folks out there? (I have a 330MB hard drive, which will help when its time to swap system software.) Thanks, Barry Merriman
daugher@cs.tamu.edu (Dr. Walter C. Daugherity) (06/12/90)
In article <2862@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes: >Now that abundant free software is becoming available, the question >arises: >where (in the directory tree) to put it? >A natural UNIX place would be /usr/local/bin for binary and /usr/local/src >for source. We use those for "supported" software (i.e., maintained by the vendor and/or our staff) and /usr/local/unsp/bin & src for "unsupported." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter C. Daugherity Internet, NeXTmail: daugher@cs.tamu.edu Knowledge Systems Research Center uucp: uunet!cs.tamu.edu!daugher Texas A & M University BITNET: DAUGHER@TAMVENUS College Station, TX 77843-3112 CSNET: daugher%cs.tamu.edu@RELAY.CS.NET
agm@cs.brown.edu (Axel Merk) (06/12/90)
NeXT suggests to use /LocalAdmin, /LocalApps and /LocalDeveloper
for any new stuff.
Personally, I put most of my programs there following the
/Next...-directory structure as closely as possible. I use
/usr/local/{etc|bin|src|lib|man} for some hacks/programs that don't
have an interface to them.
Axel
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