> http://www.linuxbase.org/betaspecs/fhs/fhs/index.html > > "/opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software > packages. > A package to be installed in /opt must locate its static files in a > separate /opt/<package> or /opt/<provider> directory tree, where <package> > is a name that describes the software package and <provider> is the > provider's LANANA registered name." > > "/usr/lib includes object files and libraries. On some systems, it may > also include internal binaries that are not intended to be executed > directly by users or shell scripts. > Applications may use a single subdirectory under /usr/lib. If an > application uses a subdirectory, all architecture-dependent data > exclusively used by the application must be placed within that > subdirectory." > > As for partitioning your drive, I don't do separate partitions for /etc > /opt /home. It has been decades since I even heard of anyone recommending > doing that. > > -LTH > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 11:18 AM, William Morder <doctor_contendo@...> > wrote: > > > Okay, so new thread! > > > > As I was repartitioning my hard drive, I was trying to find out the > > lowdown on > > this /opt folder. This is a new thing since I have started running > > Trinity; I > > never noticed it before when running Kubuntu. Only after I started running > > the Trinity desktop, that is when I noticed the installation to /opt; and > > only then I noticed that other programs were installing in that folder. > > > > A friend told me that he creates separate partitions for both /opt and > > /etc; > > and then, too, I noticed that the new Icecat browser does something even > > weirder, which is to install in /usr/lib/icecat, rather than (like other > > Mozilla browsers) in /home/<USER>/.mozilla/. > > > > My question is really more or less the same for all these items. I want to > > be > > able, once I have configured them as I wish, just to clone that directory, > > so > > that I don't have to keep reinventing the wheel, over and over again. > > > > When I tried to research the /opt folder, I didn't find out much. If I > > create > > a separate partition, will I be able to leave it untouched like my home > > folder? Will Trinity (and other programs) automatically be installed there? > > > > I suppose could just back it up regularly, then overwrite it once I have > > reinstalled, but I would like to treat it like my /home/<USER>/ folder, and > > leave it intact. > > > > The same with Icecat: it seems to run better than Firefox/Iceweasel, but to > > install everything in /usr/lib/icecat seems very irregular. Is there some > > way > > to get it to install elsewhere? for example, in /opt? > > > > Bill > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@ > > lists.pearsoncomputing.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@lists. > > pearsoncomputing.net > > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users. > > pearsoncomputing.net/ > > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity. > > pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > > > > > > -- > > -Leonard T. Harris > Web Services > Virginia Commonwealth University > http://www.vcu.edu/ > I do recommend using separate partitions for home. The advantage is, if you need to reinstall the os. You need only reformat / (root). /home is left untouched. If you have a computer with a small amount of ram and/or slower CPU, I recommended a swap partition of no more than 2 gigs. Example: swap (sda1) / (root sda2) /home (sda3) There have been occasions when it became necessary to reinstall the OS (Ex. crackmonkey decided to make "room" by logging in a root and deleting stuff). Having the sep /home saved all of the user data and settings etc. My setup I actually have sep hard drives for things like /home /media /software etc. However, if this is a test machine, I wouldn't bother. No point to it. Kate