On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 12:23 +0530, Jayesh Badwaik wrote: > Why will /opt have to go? > I always though /opt was for installing custom software which you do not > want to mix with other software (for example I have MATLAB and similar > stuff installed there with each of them in its separate folder) and I > guess, that is the one and only use of /opt and there is no other > directory which does something similar, except for if you are talking > about /local but then, /local has the purpose of being /local, it can be > vendor- supplied local program which are specific to the machine and it > will have /bin /etc /lib and stuff? Good point! Assumed I wish to use software "Xy version 1" and I want to install "Xy version alpha 2" too? Until now /opt is the place to do so.
