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Re:Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishabl... by gruez on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @09:02AM (#37496199)
>The same way any linux distro does? >Define a separate directory for program installations, that user processes cannot write to.

What about /usr/local/bin? Isn't that specifically for putting non package manager binaries into?

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Re:Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishabl... by webstrand on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @09:13AM (#37496302)
That's more for binaries and scripts manually installed by the administrator because they weren't available in the package manager or are custom.
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