I've gone as far as to keep an ~/opt that has bin/, man/, lib/, src/, etc. underneath it, and when I can use --prefix on the configure script. Udocker and sing

I've gone as far as to keep an ~/opt that has bin/, man/, lib/, src/, etc. underneath it, and when I can use --prefix on the configure script. Udocker and singularity (the containerization toolset) also help a ton too. Docker's root requirements make it unsuitable for lots and lots of situations where it would otherwise be useful.