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Where to install programs? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is the best place to install user apps? I've downloaded a .tar.gz and ran sudo sh install.sh. It's asking me where to install the program to. I don't want it cluttering ...
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'Installing' Applications, where to put folders? [duplicate]

I've just bought a game (Machinarium) which does not come with a deb file neither is it a ./configure, make etc type of application. I can just run it. Where is the best place to put it so i can ...
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Best place to install apps [duplicate]

I am completely new to Ubuntu and I must say AskUbuntu and you folks are of great help. So now when I have started installing and playing with apps, my question is what is the best place to install/...
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Where to place local executables [duplicate]

Where is the correct place to store user-local executable files? echo $PATH gives /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games It doesn't include eg. $HOME/bin Would $...
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Where to install unpackaged applications? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is the best place to install user apps? I use Mac and Windows and I'm switching on Ubuntu. I use a opensource program that is not packaged, it is distributed as an ...
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Where to install non-root external software? [duplicate]

I want to install Miniconda but I don't want to do so as root. Is there a directory (except ~/) where I can install external software as a non-root user? I don't want to install it in the default ...
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Where to store unzipped application files [duplicate]

I have used apt-get a lot to install programs, but I just recently wanted to use Abricotine markdown editor. The way it says to install it is by downloading and extracting a zip file. I do that, and ...
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Where should I install software in Ubuntu? [duplicate]

I have an IME need to install but the owner doesn't offer file .deb nor repo to install. Instead of that, a zip file is all I got. Its instruction said I only need to run Install.sh to install. After ...
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Where install apps downloaded in tar.gz [duplicate]

I am came from Windows world and have a question about place to install applications. Some applications download to my Ubuntu desktop in tar.gz archives. I understand I can put these apps to any ...
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How to understand the Ubuntu file system layout?

In Windows there’re perhaps only a couple of important folders (by important I mean important in my logical picture of the Windows file system) in the installation drive (in my case C:\). Namely ...
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Where to install software and executables for all users

By default some applications install into /usr/local/bin. But if I change user, will that user be able to access this application? I read somewhere here (another question) that I should use /opt. But ...
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Should I use "sudo" before "make install"?

I am installing the latest FFmpeg from this guide: In some places it suggests performing make install without sudo, here is a single example of several: cd ~/ffmpeg_sources wget http://download....
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Where should I put programs that I download so they're available to all users?

Is there a convention that says where I should put programs I download if I want to make them available to all users? Blender, for example, appears to have a compiled executable, but also other ...
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Organizing software - where in the filesystem?

I guess it's also a matter of personal taste, but since I'm starting with a fresh 10.10 install I thought maybe this time I'll keep my system more organized. What is/are the conventional place(s) to ...
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Making JNLP to work on Ubuntu 20.04

I have been trying for long time to make this work but I have no working results. I understand that I have to install icedtea-netx for Ubuntu 20.04 but seems to not be sufficient. When I access my ...
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