--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "C. Beck" <usabecker@...> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 1:40 AM, highskywhy@... <highskywhy@...> wrote:
> > Good morning
> > as far as I as newbie
> > understood Linux
> > is it possible to install
> > twice
> > Firefox
> > or
> > Claws
> > or any other programme?
> >
>
> It is possible, but probably not a very good idea for you to try. You
> have me curious though; Why would you want to do this?
>
I do it so I have two programs on a system with different features. Often of different versions. The version my distribution has sometimes is not the one that I want.
The Linux Standard Base (LSB) is designed to accommodate doing this in fact with /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin, now /opt too. So I suppose it is not too far fetched.
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