installationspecific
Installationspecific is a term used in software packaging, deployment, and configuration contexts to describe elements that vary according to the target installation environment. It refers to aspects determined at install time, such as filesystem layout, platform, architecture, user permissions, and available dependencies. The concept helps distinguish what is fixed in code from what must adapt when software is installed on different systems.
In practice, installation-specific considerations influence where files are placed and how configuration is managed. Build and
Examples of installation-specific differences include operating system differences (Unix-like versus Windows), varying directory hierarchies (for example,
Best practices around installationspecific considerations emphasize minimizing reliance on hard-coded paths, using standard directories, and allowing
See also: installation, software deployment, packaging, configuration management.