We're developing a system that consists of a daemon, a server and a gui launch agent. As each of these components are not launched by the user, I'd rather keep them out of the /Applications folder.
We will not be distributing via the App Store.
Apple's documentation for Daemons and Launch Agents states: -
The appropriate location for executables that you launch from your job is /usr/local/libexec.
I was considering using the location /usr/local/libexec, but it is not present on OS X 10.8, 10.9 and 10.0.
I also considered /Library/Application Support, but the docs clearly state that this location is meant for support files to applications, which an application can still run without their presence.
So, should I be creating /usr/local/libexec and using that location, or is there a better location for these executables to be installed?
