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

[Elfen]

I wonder if Qt Creator should make /opt/qt-sdk-2010.02 the default install
path (instead of /home/[user name]/qt-sdk-2010.02), since that's the
official FHS standard.



On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Elfen <pem.accounts.spam at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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"?
>
> ...
>
> /opt/   Optional application software packages[10].
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
>
> ...
>
> /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
>
> ...
>
> 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
> >
> > --
> > August Hörandl                                  august.hoerandl at gmx.at
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