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MacPorts use /opt/local :)


And, interestingly, HomeBrew uses /usr/local "because Apple left it for us when they abandoned this whole mess" ..


/use/local/bin has the big advantage that it is in the default PATH.


I was about to say, I've seen /opt/local somewhere. :)


And Fink uses /sw. Which left me looking for some other place to dump stuff I compiled myself.




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