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Kent Tong wrote:
> 
> terry@baldric.no.itg.telecom.com.au (Terry Dawson) wrote:
> 
> >Kent Tong (freemant@wr.com.au) wrote:
> 
> >: 10. Is /usr/local/bin obsolette in FSTND? There is nothing in this
> >:     directory on my machine.
> 
> >No, it isn't obsolete. It is there for you to put any binary programs that
> >you add to your system, it is for 'local binaries'.
> 
> What do you mean? Suppose I grab a package from the net and
> install it, should I install it into /usr/bin or
> /usr/local/bin?
> 

For one thing, Linux doesn't have to be run on a stand-alone machine.
Someone may run a LAN out there with /usr/bin NFS-mounted from a file
server.  They may not want to put some binaries on the server for
everyone to see/use.  In this case you put such binary in /usr/local/bin
on _your workstation.

Debian distribution expects to find Debian packages in /usr/bin.  I put
stuff that is not in the distribution in /usr/local/bin.  That way I 
know only /usr/local needs my attention -- dpkg will take care of the
rest automagically.  That's another reason.

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Dimitri 
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