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Best practice: Deploying a standalone application on linux/raspberry pi

I have a mono/dotnet-based application which interacts with several interfaces of the raspberry pi it's running on. Now I want to make it production ready.

However, I am not sure where to place this application.

I've seen multiple examples such as

  • /opt/appname
  • /var/appname (usually just for web application in sub-dir www)
  • /home/appname

Is it okay to place a production application in the home directory and what is the best practice for where to place a production application?

Solution

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard is a great place to learn more about the intent behind the filesystem layout in linux. For your usage I would recommend either /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin