[lug] Library locations

[Hugh Brown]

Jeffrey Haemer wrote:
> I'm building a package: my company's commercial product, so it's our code,
> not something off the web.
> 
> It includes a shared library, which I eventually need to install on target
> machines.  Off-hand, I'd have guessed it should go into /usr/local/lib, or
> maybe /usr/share/lib.  Still, every rpm or Debian package installed on the
> boxes I have at hand installs libraries right into /usr/lib, which makes me
> suspect I'm probably wrong.
> 
> Can someone explain where I should install my library and why?  I seem to be
> thinking about it fuzzily.
> 

I'd recommend that you make it configurable with defaults based on the FHS.

There are times that I need it in /usr/lib and other times that I want 
it in /opt/package/lib.

If your company will allow, flexibility for either installation mode is 
a nice feature.

Hugh