Why do programs I add through the package manager spit their files all over the system? How is that better? A simple portable app on windows has Linux beat in terms of install messes. I thought Linux was all logical and shit?
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Andrew Foster
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Juan Johnson
Sort per program name vs sort per file role (config, binary, etc...)
None is superior to the other.
John Gonzalez
sort per file role sucks.
Having them in one place is superior. How could it not be?
That's shit. Just put it in the program folder. Fuck.
Blake Rodriguez
If you want portable apps why are you using the system package manager instead of Flatpak
Dylan Ward
The Windows way makes it impossible to have a PATH without doing some serious shit.
Lincoln Gonzalez
Windows does have PATH.
William Perez
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It also has it's own init system.
Brandon Turner
Also, while the filesystem hierarchy really does deserve a long hard look, you are a faggot that made the critical mistake of mentioning windows. This means autists are going to completely ignore the merits of cleaning up an outdated clusterfuck, and instead spend all their time attacking a windows strawman because that's a lot easier to do.
Jayden Long
A good package manager will put all the files in one sub-directory (e.g. /usr/local/stuff//) and then just symlink everything it needs to where it needs to be. If you were to manually delete the package without deleting the symlinks you would have a bunch of dead links, but that's just a few KBs max, not a big loss.
Right, without this the PATH would be gigantic because every package's sub-directory would have to be added. Then instead of deleting a few files when uninstalling a package you would have to delete sub-strings from the PATH, much more messier.
Colton Nguyen
Pretty sure your retard problems were cured by XDG a long time ago.
Jaxson Miller
because developers preffer dynamic compiling
Parker Young
Because having all the files in proper places makes it much easier to integrate it with the system. For example finding the executable (/usr/bin), info for DEs (.desktop file), bash/zsh completion, vim syntax file, man pager, dynamic linker, init scripts, icons, additionally there are cases where it's just useful to have stuff in one place for direct use (/var/log, /usr/share/doc).
Of course you could put everything in one folder plus the absolutely necessary stuff elsewhere (/opt is often used for that sort of thing, and there are the new app formats like appimage and snap), but know that people don't do it that often for good reasons.
Jaxson Ortiz
People try the Red Fruit and Linux then learn how tarded they are, then back to winblow,
Nathaniel Brown
package managers are all fine and dandy but what about manual installs?
i install things to /opt/ and then symlink it to usr/bin
is that wrong? i have no idea how to do this shit in linux
Jaxon Taylor
Small price to pay to be one of the autists cool kids, OP.
Noah Foster
Just install them in /opt or /usr/local with /opt/bin or /usr/local/bin added to your PATH.
David Sanchez
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Andrew Adams
Having it all in one place is not superior. The way it happens now the way it's been traditionally done since the beginning of Unix.
Jayden Turner
No.
But enjoy your registry and shit while I just back up my /etc/ directory.
Or opt out of documentation.
Etc.
Carter Moore
How is that better?
It's a method of organization form people who had a certain level of intellect, it's not your fault if you are retarded.
Jason Green
nice site skiddie
Xavier Richardson
thats a mess