I am using the command:install ./prog /usr/binto copy the program to the /usr/bin directory. Doing this automatically installs the prog to /usr/bin/X11. Deleting from /usr/bin also automatically removes it from /usr/bin/X11. Does my Linux Mint automatically do this? What is the reason for this feature?
Why does installing to /usr/bin automatically install to /usr/bin/X11?
linux;linux mint;directory structure
This because /usr/bin/X11 is a symlink to /usr/bin (the dot at the end means the same directory as the link is in ):$ ls -l /usr/bin/X11lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 May  5  2013 /usr/bin/X11 -> .If you browse or cd to this directory, you are really just looking at /usr/bin.