Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc

>I'm a new linux user, and I'm confused on one aspect of it.  Where is
>the the appropriate place to put installed software packages?  I see
>some want to go to /opt, and others prefer /usr/local.  What is the
>current standard for this?

I suggest using /opt for packages that insist on being kept together under a directory. This is usually the case for commercial packages such as WordPerfect. Use /usr/local for packages that distribute themselves into standard sub-directories such as bin, lib, man, etc, src, include, and so on. But "whole" packages can go under /usr/local as well.

Bob T.