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With a proper package manager that keeps track of the installed files and a proper permission system, it doesn't matter where the files are.
by bhaak 4y ago
With a proper package manager that keeps track of the installed files and a proper permission system, it doesn't matter where the files are.
- Joker_vD 4y agoAs long as you don't move them around without notifying the proper package manager: which one, by the way? There is dpkg, and apt, and npm, and pip3, and...
- bhaak 4y agoIf you install into the root hierarchy then you must use the one that your OS is using. Creating such a package for your application can be a nuisance but it really is not rocket science. You can only use language specific packager managers like npm and pip3 if you install into a specific sub directory outside of OS file hierarchy conventions.