diff --git a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/difftastic.yml b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/difftastic.yml
index 84bc620..e169a7f 100644
--- a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/difftastic.yml
+++ b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/difftastic.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file:
     src: "{{ ansible_user_home.stdout }}/downloads/archives/released/difftastic/{{ item }}"
-    dest: "/usr/local/bin/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "/usr/bin/{{ item }}"
     state: link
   loop:
     - difft
diff --git a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/julia.yml b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/julia.yml
index c9faecd..2283ad0 100644
--- a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/julia.yml
+++ b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/julia.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file:
     src: "{{ ansible_user_home.stdout }}/.juliaup/bin/{{ item }}"
-    dest: "/usr/local/bin/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "/usr/bin/{{ item }}"
     owner: root
     group: root
     state: link
diff --git a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/nvm.yml b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/nvm.yml
index 21b03a6..bd8be17 100644
--- a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/nvm.yml
+++ b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/nvm.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     - name: Linking binaries to directories already in PATH environment variable
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: "{{ item[0] }}/bin/{{ item[1] }}"
-        dest: "/usr/local/bin/{{ item[1] }}"
+        dest: "/usr/bin/{{ item[1] }}"
         owner: root
         group: root
         state: link
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     - name: Linking binaries to directories already in PATH environment variable
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: "{{ item[0] }}/lib/node_modules/corepack/dist/{{ item[1] }}.js"
-        dest: "/usr/local/bin/{{ item[1] }}"
+        dest: "/usr/bin/{{ item[1] }}"
         owner: root
         group: root
         state: link
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     - name: Linking binaries to directories already in PATH environment variable
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: "{{ item[0] }}/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/{{ item[1] }}-cli.js"
-        dest: "/usr/local/bin/{{ item[1] }}"
+        dest: "/usr/bin/{{ item[1] }}"
         owner: root
         group: root
         state: link
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     - name: Link includes to directories already recognized by system
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: "{{ item[0] }}/include/{{ item[1] }}"
-        dest: "/usr/local/include/{{ item[1] }}"
+        dest: "/usr/include/{{ item[1] }}"
         owner: root
         group: root
         state: link
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@
     - name: Link requisite libraries to directories already recognized by system
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: "{{ item[0] }}/lib/{{ item[1] }}"
-        dest: "/usr/local/lib/{{ item[1] }}"
+        dest: "/usr/lib/{{ item[1] }}"
         owner: root
         group: root
         state: link
       loop: "{{ prebuilt_nodepaths | product(['node_modules']) }}"
     - name: Create man1 subdirectory for man pages
       ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /usr/local/share/man/man1
+        path: /usr/share/man/man1
         recurse: true
         owner: root
         group: root
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@
     - name: Link shared resources to directories already recognized by system
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: "{{ item[0] }}/share/man/man1/{{ item[1] }}.1"
-        dest: "/usr/local/share/man/man1/{{ item[1] }}.1"
+        dest: "/usr/share/man/man1/{{ item[1] }}.1"
         owner: root
         group: root
         state: link
       loop: "{{ prebuilt_nodepaths | product(['node']) }}"
     - name: Create man1 subdirectory for man pages
       ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /usr/local/share/doc
+        path: /usr/share/doc
         recurse: true
         owner: root
         group: root
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     - name: Link shared resources to directories already recognized by system
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: "{{ item[0] }}/share/doc/{{ item[1] }}"
-        dest: "/usr/local/share/doc/{{ item[1] }}"
+        dest: "/usr/share/doc/{{ item[1] }}"
         owner: root
         group: root
         state: link
diff --git a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/radicle.yml b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/radicle.yml
index 7351e06..b2efd26 100644
--- a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/radicle.yml
+++ b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/radicle.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     - name: Linking binaries to directories already in PATH environment variable
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: "{{ ansible_user_home.stdout }}/.radicle/bin/{{ item }}"
-        dest: "/usr/local/bin/{{ item }}"
+        dest: "/usr/bin/{{ item }}"
         state: link
       loop:
         - rad
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         - git-remote-rad
     - name: Create man1 subdirectory for man pages
       ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /usr/local/share/man/man1
+        path: /usr/share/man/man1
         recurse: true
         owner: root
         group: root
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     - name: Link manpages to Linux manpage directories
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: "{{ ansible_user_home.stdout }}/.radicle/man/man1/{{ item }}.1"
-        dest: "/usr/local/share/man/man1/{{ item }}.1"
+        dest: "/usr/share/man/man1/{{ item }}.1"
         state: link
       loop:
         - rad
diff --git a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/rustup.yml b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/rustup.yml
index 606684a..4a56538 100644
--- a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/rustup.yml
+++ b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/rustup.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file:
     src: "{{ ansible_user_home.stdout }}/.cargo/bin/{{ item }}"
-    dest: "/usr/local/bin/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "/usr/bin/{{ item }}"
     state: link
   loop:
     - rustup
diff --git a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/surge.yml b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/surge.yml
index ca211d8..ea14874 100644
--- a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/surge.yml
+++ b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/surge.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file:
     src: "{{ ansible_user_home.stdout }}/downloads/archives/released/surge/{{ item }}"
-    dest: "/usr/local/bin/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "/usr/bin/{{ item }}"
     state: link
   loop:
     - surge
@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@
         owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
         group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
         mode: "644"
-        state: touch
       register: surge_token
     - name: Placing Surge API token into file on control node
       ansible.builtin.fetch:
         src: "{{ surge_token.dest }}"
-        dest: "/var/tmp/{{ inventory_hostname }}/surge.token"
+        dest: "./.tmp/{{ inventory_hostname }}-surge/surge.secret"
         flat: true
     - name: Informing control node of acquired files
       ansible.builtin.debug:
diff --git a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/uv.yml b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/uv.yml
index c11b8ad..e434cf1 100644
--- a/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/uv.yml
+++ b/roles/init-server/tasks/contingent/pkg/uv.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file:
     src: "{{ ansible_user_home.stdout }}/.local/bin/{{ item }}"
-    dest: "/usr/local/bin/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "/usr/bin/{{ item }}"
     state: link
   loop:
     - uv