Re: Where to install user stuff

[Jeff Rizzo <riz%tastylime.net@localhost>]

On 7/16/15 9:28 AM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> .... On various SGI, Linux & FreeBSD boxen, I have always installed 
> in-house software under /usr/local.  I notice no such directory on my 
> NetBSD 6.1.5 box. I did notice that pkg_add installed sudo under 
> /usr/pkg. Is that the recommended/standard/canonical place to install 
> user software under NetBSD ? I'd like to keep everything as tidy & 
> buttoned-down as possible :-). TIA & have a good one.

/usr/local is a fine place to install stuff.  It doesn't exist because, 
well, you don't have any local stuff yet.  :) /usr/pkg is where 
_packages_ get installed, which are not really "local" software, because 
they're standardized by pkgsrc.

Basically, install stuff anywhere you want that *isn't* allocated for 
another purpose in hier(7).