Thread: "Install here" : why Linux doesn't do it?
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2010-10-13 , 11:05
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#141
Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
FWIW MeeGo uses something very similar in layout to what you propose so looks a lot less like a traditional linux (it puts the apps into their respective /opt/namespace/... so nobody touches /usr/bin et al)
You say that as if it was a good thing. In effect we're going back to 2005 (the /var/lib/install situation) only worse (PATH bloat, no external interpreters, libs etc allowed) and it still doesn't do what the OP wants. Technically it's a bit more FHS-compliant, so I guess it's alright then.
 

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