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#1 2015-09-24 21:07:55
- hifi25nl
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Different version of package to /opt or /usr/local?
I would like to install Scribus svn package (1.5x branch) alongside Scribus official 1.4x
If I want to follow archlinux packaging standard, it is correct to install to /opt, to /opt/scribus or /usr/local?
Thank you.
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#2 2015-09-24 21:26:25
- Scimmia
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Re: Different version of package to /opt or /usr/local?
Packages should never install anything to /usr/local, with the filesystem package being the only exception.
If you're installing it manually, /usr/local would be correct.
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#3 2015-09-24 21:37:27
- hifi25nl
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Re: Different version of package to /opt or /usr/local?
But... /opt or /opt/scribus?
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#4 2015-09-24 21:51:30
- Trilby
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Re: Different version of package to /opt or /usr/local?
Whichever you want. Personally if I were to install anything in opt I'd use just /opt as the install prefix. That way you only need to add /opt/bin to your PATH rather then updating your PATH every time you install some new package to /opt/yet-another-package/.
Of course, on the flip side, if you'd ever want three versions installed, /opt/scribus might be better so you could have /opt/scribusA, /opt/scribusB, etc.
And now that I think about it you may not want /opt/bin in your path - depending on which scribus you want to be the "default".
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
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#5 2015-09-24 23:02:07
- Allan
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Re: Different version of package to /opt or /usr/local?
I should be /opt/$pkgname or /opt/$pkgname/$pkgver
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