On 10/03/2024 06:34 PM, David Christensen wrote:
On 10/3/24 05:51, Richard Owlett wrote:
Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by
only a one user?
In my case it should be under /home/richard/ .
But where?
TIA
It would help if you told us about the executable and the context for
its use -- e.g. self-contain binary for shell usage, one of several
programs included in a large graphical user interface application suite
that requires a specific desktop environment, etc.
David
<chuckle> If life were only that simple.
This started out with planning to update my PRIMARY system from
32 bit Debian 9 with SeaMonkey 2.49.4
to
64 bit Debian 12 with SeaMonkey 2.53.19
The 32 bit system resembles Topsy. It "just grew".
My goal for the 64 bit system is that it more closely conform to the
expectations of Debian.
For some indeterminate time BOTH versions of SeaMonkey *MUST* run on
both the 32 and 64 bit systems.
From a SeaMonkey list I've gotten the needed information to have two
incompatible versions coexist. It's a known problem.
So my question in a way becomes "Where do I _not put_ SeaMonkey
executable to avoid future clashes?"
Michael Kjörling referred me to specific sections of
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/index.html
and
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/file-hierarchy.html
.
I needed the introductory material in both.
I will be carefully re-reading both.
I suspect it will be valuable to browse www.freedesktop.org generally.
[ I'll likely learn what questions I should be asking. ]
