Timeline for Difference between /bin and /usr/bin
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| Apr 7 at 9:07 | comment | added | dylanmorroll | Note: /bin is being phased out. forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=356998. For more background on why there used to be a split, see this mail | |
| Nov 8, 2021 at 3:25 | comment | added | alchemy | It looks like /bin is symlinked to /usr/bin on Ubuntu 20.04. yep | |
| Jan 21, 2020 at 12:43 | comment | added | Karthik | I just checked this and I can still see /usr/bin directory with rescue mode/single-user mode/runlevel 1. Do you mean there will be no such scenario where /usr/bin will be used in the case of emergency repairs? | |
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| S Jan 6, 2018 at 14:47 | history | suggested | user1371264 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
broken link
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| May 2, 2015 at 6:17 | comment | added | Donato | Let's also include that /usr/local/bin is where programs that are not included with your distribution but are intended for system-wide use are installed. | |
| S Sep 28, 2013 at 20:13 | history | suggested | strugee | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
talk about distros that ignore FHS, and mention that /usr/bin on a separate partition is broken
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| Jan 20, 2011 at 13:23 | comment | added | xenoterracide |
@balki you might be able to share /usr between two very similar distro's, though I wouldn't try it unless you know what you are doing, and you are prepared for the experiment to fail in a way that makes the computer not boot, or eat your data. Also be advised that many of the big differences between 10.04 and 10.10 will be in /usr
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| Jan 16, 2011 at 3:58 | history | edited | xenoterracide | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
add comment on LSB
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| Jan 16, 2011 at 3:52 | history | edited | xenoterracide | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
comment on standards
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| Jan 15, 2011 at 16:08 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' |
/bin is a link to /usr/bin on some unices, such as (some releases of?) Solaris.
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| Jan 15, 2011 at 13:07 | comment | added | xenoterracide | @balki no, they still have to be linked correctly, which means they'd have to be using the right version of the libs they are built against. | |
| Jan 15, 2011 at 12:48 | comment | added | balki | So does it mean that I can share /usr/bin between two distros? like ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10? | |
| Jan 15, 2011 at 11:08 | vote | accept | whoami | ||
| Jan 15, 2011 at 11:03 | history | edited | xenoterracide | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
note about disk separation
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| Jan 15, 2011 at 10:53 | history | answered | xenoterracide | CC BY-SA 2.5 |