[Tfug] Following the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in Debian

[Jeffry Johnston]

Don't forget that you can create debian packages for your stuff too,
so you can remove it easily even if the app is spread all over the
filesystem.

Jeff

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Matt Jacob <matt.jacob at gmail.com> wrote:
> Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
>  > 1. Build and install software like Parrot, or Firefox 3. Where
>  >    should I 'configure' it to put the files?
>
>  I'd have to agree with others who said /usr/local/src and /usr/local/bin.
>
>
>  > 4. Local web development. Where should I put my those files? Is a
>  >    directory under ~/ the most appropriate? I think someone
>  >    mentioned putting them under /var.
>
>  I use /var/www, but some people make a web user and do ~/public_html or
>  something like that. Since I have several vhosts on any given box, I use
>  this kind of directory structure:
>
>  /var/www
>      /domain.com
>          /cgi-bin
>          /logs
>          /private
>          /public
>      /example.com
>          /cgi-bin
>          /logs
>          /private
>          /public
>
>
>  > 5. Run local MySql/PostreSql databases. Where should the data
>  >    files go?
>
>  The default /var/lib seems to work fine for me.
>
>
>  > 6. Create one or more local Subversion repositories. Where should
>  >    they go?
>
>  Mine go in /usr/local/repos. I think that's pretty standard for CVS and
>  Subversion. Or, at least it makes sense to me. :-)
>
>
>  > 7. Create system wide (non root) scripts. They will be executable
>  >    by all local users. Again, where should I put them?
>
>  /usr/local/bin seems like a sane choice.
>
>  Matt
>
>
>
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