USR
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- noun
- Specialized
- To install new software, navigate to /usr/bin to locate the necessary binaries.
Examples
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Greg: I just tested on Lion 10.7.4, stock 64-bit /usr/bin/python, final version of appscript via easyinstall ("**38;5028;TOOLONG ... and I can dump terminology just fine.
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-$ mv /MyDocs/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts
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Just make sure that both the "usr" and the "etc" directories are extracted to /.
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That will search /usr/bin for files modified within 60 minutes; adjust the command as needed for other directories and time frames.
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You can find this (and more) shortcut in the README file present under /usr/share/doc/skype.
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Also, you can use a file manager and copy/paste the files (usr, etc, wubick/usr, and wubick/etc) to /.
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Also, you can use a file manager and copy/paste the files (usr, etc, wubick/usr, and wubick/etc) to /.
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And they needed to be installed in places other than /lib and /usr/lib, so I was going to have to pass in those locations to all the config scripts for all the packages.
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In openSUSE 12.2, the UsrMerge initiative started to move binaries and libraries from subdirectories of / (such as /bin) to subdirectories /usr.
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Installing the RPM on Raspbian is easy, though slightly non-standard in that you have to specify --relocate because the paths in the RPM include **32;1286;TOOLONG and you want to actually install to /usr/bin.
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Etymology
USR comes from the older word user, meaning 'user', because the folder first held files and programs for ordinary users. So USR today refers to the system directory that stores user-related files and programs.