location of UNIX applications

By ljfmm at Sat, Jun 5 2010 4:18pm |

I'm looking for advice on the best location for installing UNIX Applications manually, without Fink? Thanks.

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Sun, 2010-06-06 00:21 — drc

Might be worth reading

Might be worth reading this

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

Mon, 2010-06-07 09:25 — buterbkl

Most UNIX / Linux systems

Most UNIX / Linux systems use /usr/local for this purpose. Many applications that come with a "configure; make; make install" type installation default to /usr/local as the prefix. /opt is another common location, although not as prevalent as /usr/local these days. HTH...

Kevin

Mon, 2010-06-07 13:27 — LeninWTigger

You might also want to

You might also want to clarify what you consider best location. For me, the way fink handles *nix apps makes sense: it keeps them separated from the main OS X installation.