Re: [boost] Getting Started Testing with Linux virtual machine on Windows host

Subject: Re: [boost] Getting Started Testing with Linux virtual machine on Windows host
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-17 02:08:47

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Cox, Michael
<mhcox_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Recommend changing:
>
> sudo mv b2 /usr/bin
>
> to
>
> sudo mv b2 /usr/local/bin

/usr/bin is managed by package managers. You shouldn't normally put
anything there since (a) it can be overwritten with the next package
update and (b) you don't see what is custom-built and what is
installed with packages (this comes in the way when upgrading the
system). /usr/local/bin is better in this sense, but still I prefer
not to put anything there anyway. I put my custom binaries to ~/bin.
I'm on Kubuntu though, not sure if Fedora supports ~/bin.