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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/16/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Snyder</b> <<a href="mailto:swsnyder@insightbb.com">swsnyder@insightbb.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Is there a standard or rule-of-thumb regarding location of non-distribution<br>software packages?  I've read the HFS spec, but I'm still not clear on this.
<br><br>Some packages, both RPM-based and tarballs, want to install in /opt and others<br>in /usr/local.  I don't perceive a pattern to where a given type of<br>installation prefers to install its files.<br><br>Given a choice in locations, where should I opt to install RPM packages, and
<br>where should non-RPM software go?<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>--<br>fedora-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a><br>To unsubscribe: <a href="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>RAZAT GUPTA.