Jun 24, 2014 · What is the ~/.local folder good for and is it safe to remove the content within this folder?

Nov 21, 2017 · Note that the .local is used in only one place: inside your home directory. The others are all /usr/local. /usr/local is where programs installed outside of the package manager …

Apr 22, 2018 · 10 /usr/local is a place where software usable by all users can be installed by an administrator. ~/.local/bin is a place where a user can install software for their own use. There …

Mar 21, 2020 · I'm new to Ubuntu and I can't find .local. I looked everywhere and tried using the search function. Apparently that's where the applications install so I really need access to it.

Sep 29, 2024 · Unfortunately, on Ubuntu 24.04, Thunderbird comes as snap, and it does not let me change that path in edit -> account settings -> local directory -> browse. After changing the …

Aug 5, 2024 · As we know from man hier, the /usr/local directory is reserved for users to avoid messing with /usr directly. The apt package manager does not touch anything under there: $ …

Jun 9, 2016 · sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev The Directory Create a directory where you will keep your packages. For this example, we'll use /usr/local/mydebs. sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/mydebs …

Sep 27, 2012 · Into a local directory The purpose of this exercise is to isolate independent builds in my continuous integration server. I don't mind compiling from source, if that's what it takes, …

There's root directory from which you can access other directories; the image to keep in mind is the root directory is where root starts, and everything else is branching form it How to access …

What is the difference between /opt and /usr/local directories and what kind of programs should be installed to them? I referred to Linux File-system Hierarchy but the explanation is not that …