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Aptana for linux comes as ready-to-launch zipped package. The problem is that I don't know where I should put this unzipped folder.

I don't like it being in (polluting!) my home folder.

Where would you put this? Any suggestions? Where do you keep your Aptana's folder?

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Anywhere. If it's a self-contained launch-able directory it shouldn't matter where you put it.

This is a mentality some developers follow. You have the application directory and the working directory, you are free to choose where both are located. This for example makes it easy for you to port the application using USB, or any other types of portable use case or where you organize your file system differently.

You can choose something under ~, or perhaps store it in the /opt folder which is meant for Options. This is generally for platform-independent things, most often used for configurations and files that are shared between users and distributions on one machine.

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I know! I just have nowhere to put it! I don't want to pollute my filesystem. Any suggestions? – seler Oct 25 '11 at 18:43
This sort of pollution is entirely in the eye of the beholder. – music2myear Oct 25 '11 at 18:45
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@seler: Well, if you're considering this as "pollution", you can just do rm -rf aptana-folder.zip or whatever ;) – Wuffers Oct 25 '11 at 18:53
If i don't like it being in my ~ folder, where I shall put it then? Where do you store your aptana folder? – seler Oct 25 '11 at 18:58
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/opt would probably do. – slhck Oct 25 '11 at 20:26
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