Where should I install my program

[Lachlan Musicman]

I tend to use /usr/local/share because old habit's die hard :)

L.

On 1/29/07, Jeffrey F. Bloss <jbloss at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Gregor Tudan wrote:
>
> > OOzy Pal schrieb:
> > > Where should I install my programs that are not packaged. For
> > > example, I have  program that I downloaded and after extraction
> > > (untar), I can run it as
> > >
> > > java -jar xyz.jar
> > >
> > >
> > <snip>
> >
> > I know it's far from being a standard, but many people (as me ;-) )
> > use the /opt directory since it's not used by any packages I know of.
> > So you can keep an eye on what programs you have  manually installed
> > and don't run into conflicts when a packaged version is released.
>
> I'd say that if you're not going to place "manual installations" in the
> default path, which indicates they're for personal use, you should
> probably put them in ~/bin. That's what it's for, and recent releases
> of both Dapper and Edgy will automagically add that directory to your
> $PATH if it exists (check your ~/.bash_profile).
>
> As for the OP's java program, I'd locate it in some logical place like
> ~/bin/MyJavaProgram then create a shell script in ~/bin that changes to
> that program's sub-directory and invokes the appropriate 'java -jar'
> incantation. That's how I do it anyway, with programs like the JavE
> ASCII editor.
>
> If you want the program to be usable by all, put it in a similarly
> intuitive directory outside your $HOME (/usr/local/MyProgram ??) and
> create the shell script "wrapper" in /usr/local/bin. That way you're
> not hassling with adjusting the default $PATH, which might even
> raise other issues if for some reason you do run across that one in a
> million application that uses /opt for something. ;)
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