07-18-2007, 01:11 AM

Hi,

How do you know whether to install something in /usr/local or /Library? I installed Apache2 and php5, and they installed in /Library. I installed mysql and it went into /usr/local. Now, I want to install tomcat, and I've seen some instructions that say to install tomcat in /Library and others that say to install tomcat in /usr/local.

07-18-2007, 12:24 PM

it doesn't matter.

07-18-2007, 03:34 PM

Odd... I have php, mysql, fink and all sorts of other open-source tools I compiled, and they are almost all installed under /usr/local. A few are in /usr/bin, and then the fink-installed tools are generally in /sw. The only things that ever get installed in any of the /[A-Z] directories (such as /Library and /Applications) are the Aqua-based applications.

07-20-2007, 03:39 AM

I got some advice that said it is much easier to edit and move files around when you can see them in Finder like with php5 and apache2 installed in /Library. With mysql, you can't edit the files directly anyway, so you don't need to see any of the files related to mysql, and therefore /usr/local is fine for mysql.

I went ahead and installed tomcat in /Library because servlet apps have large directory structures, and I thought it would be helpful to see them in Finder.

08-18-2009, 08:44 AM

Just for general knowledge...if you are ever programming on a Mac with a German keyboard layout, the pipe symbol "|" can be input with alt-7.

Now for the German speakers:

Falls ein von euch braucht das sogenannte "pipe" Symbol ...das kann man über alt-7 erreichen.

Happy programming,

fujimo