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I have a habit of creating a folder called soft inside the root directory, as in /soft. I usually put manually installed softwares there.

My question is if I perform an upgrade such as 14.10 -> 15.04 will ubuntu erase that folder?

Pedro Pinheiro
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No. Only if you re-install from scratch with a format, should it be deleted. Also, the /opt/ directory is already standardized as a place to install things manually to.

dobey
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  • Thanks for the answer, but can you also provide proof such as in a documentation? – Pedro Pinheiro Sep 06 '15 at 17:54
  • See for proof http://askubuntu.com/questions/138547/how-to-understand-the-ubuntu-file-system-layout/138551#138551 There is no /soft. But I would suggest you reconsider this directory: it is better to keep / clean and install 3rd party software in the directory it is intended to go: /opt/{software-name}/ as dobey noted :) – Rinzwind Sep 06 '15 at 19:10