Debian's package management system, like the systems of many other distros, provides all the software most users need. In these environments, the package management system organizes its way, disallowing any admin involvement in locations. Software from other sources one normally installs according to whatever directions accompany it. If you want to avoid clutter, you put such software somewhere in your homedir, or the admin puts it in a subdirectory in either /usr/local/, or in /opt/. The apps decide where their configs go. Most global configs have traditionally gone in /etc/, while user configs go either in a hidden file in the homedir, or with younger and better designed apps, in a subdirectory in the homedir's .config/ directory. Firefox settings by default live in the homedir's .mozilla/ subdirectory, but may be located anywhere the user has write access.
Statistics: Posted by mrmazda — 2024-03-07 19:12 — Replies 1 — Views 10
