I’ve seen a lot of self-hosted software wanting to store their data in /opt, is there any reason why?

  • @caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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    219 months ago

    Add-on application software packages

    How are applications that go into /opt different than any other packages? Even after reading that spec, it seems arbitrary.

    • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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      329 months ago

      Yes, it’s arbitrary.

      Packages that bundle a bunch of stuff, or otherwise make a mess, should go into /opt. Well-behaved packages that integrate with the system should be fine to install to /usr.

    • Strit
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      209 months ago

      It is very arbitrary. Some/most non-free applications usually drop stuff into /opt, so it does not spread all over the filesystem. It makes sense if the application was not developed with Linux in mind, like Discord, Teamviewer etc.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿
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      99 months ago

      On all the work servers I maintain we pretty much install anything that’s not in the base repo to /opt/