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Post #34,388
by tjsinclair
4/4/02 9:40:46 AM
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New Don't forget /opt
A lot of software likes to install itself by default there. However, per Karsten's docs (I think I remember this) you can just create a link from /usr/local.

Tom Sinclair
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Post #34,393
by boxley
4/4/02 10:04:33 AM
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New /opt *for all the expensive apps (its there)
TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
Post #34,412
by kmself
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4/4/02 1:55:20 PM
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New Linking /opt
I've got two general thoughts on that. One is what I recommend in the partitioning howto -- ln -s /usr/local /opt. The other is to create a subdirectory /usr/local/opt and link it instead, as the top-level /usr/local directory otherwise can get somewhat polluted. This is mostly a question of asthetics.

I generally vote against dedicating a partition to /opt -- there's a point at which you've chopped things up too much, you're better allocating the space to local and divving it up among well behaved local stuff whether it's in /opt or /usr/local.
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Post #34,414
by boxley
4/4/02 2:00:45 PM
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New On a solaris box depending on the outfit
might have a lot of off the shelf stuff that wants /opt, if you want to do anything useful with GPL it generally wants /usr/local. In the case og a PHB who just discovered that half the business runs on GPL and he just read an article about gates claiming it is evil, demands that all non purchased tools be removed now. I have seen it happen. Just unmount the partition and wait for a climate change.
thanx,
bill
TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
     Anyone know anything about partitioning Sun boxes? - (Meerkat) - (19) - April 2, 2002, 11:28:45 PM EST
         Partitioning - (Steve Lowe) - April 3, 2002, 02:07:37 AM EST
         Re: Anyone know anything about partitioning Sun boxes? - (kmself) - (10) - April 3, 2002, 03:25:01 AM EST
             I don't think I have that much control - (Meerkat) - (5) - April 3, 2002, 05:47:22 AM EST
                 Partitioning Sun Boxes - (boxley) - (3) - April 3, 2002, 09:28:50 AM EST
                     So maybe I do need to partition disks after all - (Meerkat) - (2) - April 3, 2002, 07:05:38 PM EST
                         reasoning behind that layout - (boxley) - (1) - April 3, 2002, 07:31:20 PM EST
                             Very sound reasoning - I should apply it to my iBook... -NT - (Meerkat) - April 3, 2002, 07:50:28 PM EST
                 Partitioning the cpu's - (boxley) - April 3, 2002, 09:30:19 AM EST
             Don't forget /opt - (tjsinclair) - (3) - April 4, 2002, 09:40:46 AM EST
                 /opt *for all the expensive apps (its there) -NT - (boxley) - April 4, 2002, 10:04:33 AM EST
                 Linking /opt - (kmself) - (1) - April 4, 2002, 01:55:20 PM EST
                     On a solaris box depending on the outfit - (boxley) - April 4, 2002, 02:00:45 PM EST
         Good utility for general partitioning - (drewk) - (6) - April 4, 2002, 02:05:55 PM EST
             I use one everytime I install or perform.... - (folkert) - April 4, 2002, 07:17:00 PM EST
             My preferred partitioning tool for tough jobs is - (kmself) - (3) - April 4, 2002, 10:55:00 PM EST
                 What ever happened to the word ... - (drewk) - (2) - April 5, 2002, 09:43:40 AM EST
                     That's an Old Word - (kmself) - (1) - April 5, 2002, 06:35:57 PM EST
                         Live and learn - (drewk) - April 8, 2002, 10:33:09 AM EDT
             sawsall is better -NT - (boxley) - April 5, 2002, 10:23:22 AM EST

I think its a fine solution to the problem that you probably shouldn't have.
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