http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.12.html
says " /opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software packages. " Open/StarOffice are add-on application software packages. Ergo, Open/StarOffice goes in /opt. You seem extremely committed on the one hand to following FHS to the letter, even going so far as to get mad at those who offer opinions rather than delivering pure unadulterated FHS rationale in their answers, yet you also say, "there's something deep inside me speaking against /opt at the top of the filesystem hierarchy. i know it's a standard but i don't like it as i believe that these packages *should* really sit under /usr/local." Well, then THIS is what has caused your dilemma. You either decide you like FHS so much that you'll do exactly what it says in this case (see above), or you decide that, as you say, "I don't like it" and you do what you prefer. You don't actually have an answerable question here, but rather a decision you have to make. If your dislike for this has some rationale that you'd like to persuade the FHS folks of, then you should go to the mailing list for FHS at http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freestandards-fhs-discuss and persuade them to address your concerns in an upcoming version of FHS. Sorry if this sounds pissy, but I feel you didn't ask an answerable question and then got mad at list members who were unable to do the impossible. Let's all try to lighten up and realize we're talking about filesystem conventions here... martin f krafft wrote: > hi folks, > > i've always installed OpenOffice or StarOffice or whatever into > /usr/local/apps/{open,s}office or /usr/local/lib/{open,s}office, > depending on whether the day was even or odd -- as in, there was no > pattern. now i am installing a couple of new systems and would like to > do it right. > > it seems that these software packages should install into > /opt/{open,s}office to keep the system in accordance with the FHS. > however, there's something deep inside me speaking against /opt at the > top of the filesystem hierarchy. i know it's a standard but i don't > like it as i believe that these packages *should* really sit under > /usr/local. but /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/apps are also wrong. > > debian does not control /opt and /opt is not part of debian, which is > a good thing. despite openoffice not being part of debian, i would > still like for it to be integrated into the system in a logical way. > so where does it go? /usr/local/opt/{open,s}office? > /usr/local/{open,s}office? > > please don't let this become a lengthy discussion, only post if you > know the FHS inside out or you know the answer exactly. i don't want > opinions (sorry if this sounds arrogant). > > thanks, > > -- > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) -- Brian W. Carver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
