Where should I cp oc binary to on MacOS?

Question

unpack the archive and move the oc binary to a directory on your PATH

I tried echo $PATH and it returns:

bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin

Clearly there are multiple path here, which one should I move cp oc binary to?

`/usr/local/bin` would be the obvious choice. That way it won't get wiped out when you update the OS. — Paul R, Jun 04 '17 at 07:33
FWIW. Having just relative path of just ``bin`` in ``PATH`` is probably a bad idea. You should check how that is getting in there. — Graham Dumpleton, Jun 04 '17 at 11:43

Paul R · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-04T08:32:33.260

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/usr/local/bin would be the usual choice for user or third-party executables. That way it won't get wiped out when you update the OS.

See also: Where do you keep your own scripts on OSX? - the question is about scripts rather than binaries, but the same logic applies.

edited Jun 04 '17 at 08:32

answered Jun 04 '17 at 08:27

Paul R

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