Where to install custom applications in Linux?

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samarkad332015-07-12 10:30:43

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samarkad33, 2015-07-12 10:30:43

Where and why do you usually install custom Linux applications that are installed by extracting an archive and copying the contents?

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neol, 2015-07-12
@neol

In /opt/$softname/

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Alexander Karabanov, 2015-07-12
@karabanov

~/.bin

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Konkase, 2015-07-12
@Konkase

In this way only in /opt
www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/o...

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Mystray, 2015-07-12
@Mystray

If it's a whole package with its own directory structure, then in /opt/$pkg_name/ (then it's convenient to delete/update in bulk if anything), if it's a self-made script/resource, then in the appropriate place /usr/local/*/

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Igor S, 2015-07-12
@xarek1986

/usr/local/

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ttyigor, 2015-07-12
@ttyigor

A very interesting question. Nowhere have I seen detailed descriptions with examples on this issue. I have always unpacked such applications inside my home directory (for example, inside /home/ttyigor/programs). What is the disadvantage of this installation method?

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Artem, 2015-07-12
@ulkoart

opt

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Sergey, 2015-07-16
@DrMGC

If for the current user, then ~/.local(it repeats the /usr structure), and if "user" in the sense of being installed without a package manager, then /opt( /usr/localFHS to help)