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where does synaptic place a package

Asked by Ed Eckelmeyer

I have numerous partitions rather than the ubuntu default of everything in one partition, except the swap area.

If I install a package using synaptic, can I direct it to install into a selected partition, or does synaptic automatically install it in the same partition with the Ubuntu kernel?

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Book 'em Dano (heymrdjd) said : 		#1

When a package is installed different components are installed in different folders i.e. (executables, icons, docs, manpages). The executables are usually installed in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin, but if you try to install a program that has not been compiled into a debian package (tarball), then the executable and/or other files will be installed wherever you indicate, i.e. home directory and where the install script states.

If you have / or /usr mapped to a particular partition, then when a package is installed the script will follow that map to install whatever file to the appropriate directory in the appropriate partition.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

the partition installed to will be the partition you mount / to, if you have /lib mounted as a separate partition then the lib files which are installed will go there, other files will go elsewhere but it depends entirely how you have partitioned and mounted your partitions. The installation will go to the same folders but the mounting of partitions dictates what actual partitions will store the actual data

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