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On 01/08/06, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:

>         On my system, "additional software" goes under the separate
> partition /usr.  Or are we using different definitions of
> "additional"?



/usr includes a large part of the base installation. /usr/local is the usual
place for additional software, though you can of course install stuff where
you want to.


                                Robert Huff



Frem.