On 3 May 2015 at 12:01, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote:
> On 3 May 2015 at 11:36, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk> wrote:
>> There is no point in botching it to make it work as that's not really an
>> instruction I can expect anyone downloading it to have to follow.
>>
>> Will the packaging moderators be happy with me installing to /usr/local?
>>
>
> It will be rejected if you do.
>
> https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/publish/other-forms-of-submitting-apps/packaging-commercial-apps-part-2-packaging-software-additional-notes/
>
> "Submitting for inclusion
>
> Basic DOs and Dont's for packaging for Commercial Applications
>
> DOs
>
> Please use /opt/<application_name>/ as your application root directory"

I see some apps install a link to the application binary from
/usr/bin.  Is that the recommended approach?

Colin

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