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installing globally

where is the best location in a system to install software globally for users to use. asuming your the sys admin. i know it might not matter, but just wondering.
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Old 08-15-2002
/bin or /usr/bin
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/usr/local/bin or /usr/local/sbin, /etc/opt, or /opt will be seen on servers as primary places to put software only because /usr/bin, /bin, and /usr/sbin would be overwritten on upgrades.

Many times application software would be placed on a partition all it own to keep system files and application files separate.

See this link for info on filesystems.
 
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