[Qt-creator] where should I install Qt Creator / Qt SDK, on Linux?

[Elfen]

Oh...  Sounds like the Linux standard is FHS...  And therefore, if I want to follow the Linux standard, then I should put it in "/opt/qt-sdk"?

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/opt/ 	Optional application software packages[10].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard

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/opt : Add-on application software packages
Purpose

/opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software packages.

A package to be installed in /opt must locate its static files in a separate /opt/<package> or /opt/<provider> directory tree, where <package> is a name that describes the software package and <provider> is the provider's LANANA registered name.

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#OPTADDONAPPLICATIONSOFTWAREPACKAGES

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On Apr 29, 2010, at 2:24 AM, August Hörandl wrote:

> Am Donnerstag 29 April 2010 schrieb nobodyhere:
>> Thank you for this explanation, and the Linux penguin ascii art,
>> 
>> Okay, then it sounds like it's really:
>> 1) automatic package repository installs, deb / rpm / ypm (ubuntu,
>> fedora, opensuse) packages 2) bin files, compile from source, zip /
>> folder
>> 
>> For the example of FireFox (and Subversion), I can just use 3.5.9
>> until openSUSE adds 3.6.3 to the package repository.  So maybe for
>> most things it is fine to just trust (openSUSE / Fedora / Ubuntu)
>> repository packages.
>> 
>> But for some programs, I have to install it separately...  Either
>> because the repo pkg is so far behind, or because it's not in the
>> repo pkg.  Examples might include Qt SDK (Skype?  MonoDevelop? 
>> DropBox?)...
> 
> Either get a distribution which is more up to date (arch, gentoo comes 
> to my mind - both have this packages in their repository) or install 
> yourself. But try not to break any other packages ;-)
> 
>> But my next question is...
>> 
>>> So /home/user/qt-sdk
>> 
>> My partitions include swap, / (ie, the root), /home/.
>> 
>> Are you suggesting to install it in "/home/[user name]/qt-sdk" rather
>> than "/usr/opt/qt-sdk" or "/usr/my_installs/qt-sdk"?
> 
> not really - whatever fits your needs, qt-sdk is quite large, they linux 
> files system standard (FHS - Filesystem Hierarchy Standard) would argue 
> against this, but this is linux 
> 
> HTH
> Gustl
> 
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