I’ve seen a lot of self-hosted software wanting to store their data in /opt, is there any reason why?

  • catloaf
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    3 months ago

    Yes, it’s arbitrary.

    Packages that bundle a bunch of stuff, or otherwise make a mess, should go into /opt. Well-behaved packages that integrate with the system should be fine to install to /usr.