Comments on: OpenSolaris http://www.blog-linux.com/2008/07/27/opensolaris/ A Blog about live of Linux n00b Sun, 23 May 2010 16:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Satchmo http://www.blog-linux.com/2008/07/27/opensolaris/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Satchmo Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:29:54 +0000 http://www.blog-linux.com/?p=12#comment-14 "A positive fact is that all programs of a third-party will be installed in one directory /opt. Under Linux, it is not the case." Well, actually it's not true. Many linux distributions install third-party or "self-contained" packages (like Virtualbox, KDE) under /opt. Much more distros used to do so, but changed (e.g. ArchLinux) because many users and administrators don't seem to like this behavior at all. I think Slackware and some others still use /opt. “A positive fact is that all programs of a third-party will be installed in one directory /opt. Under Linux, it is not the case.”

Well, actually it’s not true. Many linux distributions install third-party or “self-contained” packages (like Virtualbox, KDE) under /opt.
Much more distros used to do so, but changed (e.g. ArchLinux) because many users and administrators don’t seem to like this behavior at all.
I think Slackware and some others still use /opt.

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