how to install package to a specific hard disk drive partition
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By default apt-get installs packages in the drive that the ubuntu installation resides on.
But can i install a package other than the ubuntu partition ?
If i can, how to do it ?
I have tried to figure out how to do this as well. I have read that you can only install on the default partition. This is because installing on other partitions can cause viruses or unwanted things on your computer. What I have done to get around this is to install the package on the default partition then add a script to the beggining of it that will move the files where you want the first time the program is started.
It's not clear why you want this. If it's for space reasons, one viable approach would be to mount large directories (probably /bin or /usr, where many programs reside) in an extra partition. See e.g. this question: How can I store /var on a separate partition? for how to do that.
Another option beside the defunct link for another answer's "portable application" which seems to now correlate to the link below, which is a collection of single file AppImages, is to use the other portable package apps like Flatpak or Snap. With these you can symlink the dirs onto another partition.
I have tried to figure out how to do this as well. I have read that you can only install on the default partition. This is because installing on other partitions can cause viruses or unwanted things on your computer. What I have done to get around this is to install the package on the default partition then add a script to the beggining of it that will move the files where you want the first time the program is started.
Depending on the software, you may be able to find it as a portable application, which you could install wherever you want.
It's not clear why you want this. If it's for space reasons, one viable approach would be to mount large directories (probably /bin or /usr, where many programs reside) in an extra partition. See e.g. this question: How can I store /var on a separate partition? for how to do that.
Another option beside the defunct link for another answer's "portable application" which seems to now correlate to the link below, which is a collection of single file AppImages, is to use the other portable package apps like Flatpak or Snap. With these you can symlink the dirs onto another partition.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/portable/files/64bit/
https://appimage.org/
https://flathub.org
https://snapcraft.io