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Why do so many programs live in PATH?
One thing that puzzles me about desktop Linux, at least, is that just about everything is in my PATH. By everything, I mean every desktop application, including things like gnome-character-map and ...
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Where should a local executable be placed?
I have an executable for the perforce version control client (p4). I can't place it in /opt/local because I don't have root privileges. Is there a standard location where it needs to be placed under ...
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Directories with binary files in Linux
I noticed that when I install new application there are a few possible directories where the resulting binary file will be placed.
You can install with packaging manager, compile with make, ...
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What is /usr/local/bin? Came across it in an script installation for Applescript but would like to know more
Before today, I've used Terminal to a limited extent of moving in and out of directories, changing the dates of files using the touch command, but had realised the full extent of Terminal after ...
