[Linux-disciples] /usr/bin v. /usr/local/bin

Dylan Thurston dthurston at barnard.edu
Fri Sep 30 09:51:02 EDT 2005


On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 09:34:26AM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Can someone clarify the role of /usr/local for me?

If you don't want your distribution to stomp on it, you should put it
in /usr/local.  "Local to the site" is usually contrasted with "From
the standard distribution".

Peace,
	Dylan
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