Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Twice the same program

 


Good afternoon
Mi Jul 10 15:46:14 2013
Thank You for help.

>
> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.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.
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This was also the idea.

> Often of different versions. The version my distribution has sometimes
> is not the one that I want.
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Yes.

> 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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Can somebody explain it to me
or is it very very difficult?

Example: Firefox twice.

Regards
Sophie

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