[SLUG] Re: Partitions

[Jamie Adams]

On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 16:39 +0000, Bob Garrood wrote:

> 
> The problem with this is downloading big things like OpenOffice.org that 
> install where they want to go.  OOo puts them all over.   Using Slackware 
> packages, my easiest option, also puts things all over.  My theory is that 
> the advice about creating lots of partitions like /usr/local/ has become out 
> of date recently, and that if you want to use package management tools then 
> you have to put up with just one big partition (perhaps plus 1 for /home). .  
> 
> Bob
> 

This needn't be strictly true. True, if you install from RPMS and other
package formats you are at the mercy of the pckage maintainer.. with
source code though you can put it where you like. I still tend to find
that package maintainers are pretty good and put stuff where it should
go. It's certainly not as bad as the situation windows users have to put
up with.

My install of openoffice, from the official rpms, is pretty tidy. The
majority of the binaries are in /opt and the libs in /usr/lib where they
should be.

I agree with you about the separate partitions though, that always
seemed to cause me problems. I tend to for one big root partition and
backup regularly.

Jamie


		
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