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Here’s an example of how I have used it in the past (following the guidance in the other post).
I did a lot of Java development. Ubuntu has a package for OpenJDK which I installed, but I also need specific (and often multiple) versions not included by the package manager. So I would download a tarball and extract them to /opt/java-x.y.z/. Then for the version I considered my “current” I created a symlink at /opt/java to point to the version I wanted to use.
Here’s an example of how I have used it in the past (following the guidance in the other post).
I did a lot of Java development. Ubuntu has a package for OpenJDK which I installed, but I also need specific (and often multiple) versions not included by the package manager. So I would download a tarball and extract them to /opt/java-x.y.z/. Then for the version I considered my “current” I created a symlink at /opt/java to point to the version I wanted to use.