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From: barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
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Subject: What dir to use for new software?
Keywords: system administration
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Date: 5 Jun 90 22:20:06 GMT
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Now that abundant free software is becoming available, the question
arises: 

where (in the directory tree) to put it?

A natural UNIX place would be /usr/local/bin for binary and /usr/local/src
for source. My concern is this: 

When NeXT releases version 2.0
of the system software, I don't want any hassles with 
moving/losing/re-making all the stuff I've collected.

Aside from that, I'd like to be consistent with UNIX tradition.
Any comments from the Sys Admin folks out there? 

(I have a 330MB hard drive, which will help when its time
to swap system software.)

Thanks,

Barry Merriman