Timeline for Where to install folder of a command-line app in macOS, to be available by default in my shell?
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| May 6 at 7:22 | comment | added | mmmmmm | @BasilBourque there is no easy way to download a directory with a command line executable in any Unix as far as I can remember. If you know of a Unix that does please show an example. | |
| May 6 at 0:12 | comment | added | Basil Bourque |
Note to readers: To make symlink, sudo ln -s /wherever/you/stored/executable /usr/local/bin using ln tool.
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| May 5 at 21:11 | comment | added | SteveM | "My problem is simply this: I want to easily download a folder with a console app, execute it, and later replace it with new updated versions." Then use a package manager like Homebrew. That is the solution to this exact problem. | |
| May 5 at 20:17 | comment | added | Basil Bourque | My problem is simply this: I want to easily download a folder with a console app, execute it, and later replace it with new updated versions. I do not want to have to write scripts, create aliases, replace symlinks, or update arcane files in locations I can no longer remember just to run a newly updated console app. | |
| May 5 at 9:16 | history | edited | nohillside♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 5 at 8:56 | history | edited | nohillside♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 5 at 5:38 | comment | added | nohillside♦ | @BasilBourque You only have to update the symlink if the target path changes. I honestly still don‘t fully understand the problem you are trying to solve here. | |
| May 5 at 2:15 | history | edited | David Anderson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
VirtualBox puts short scripts in /usr/local/bin which execute binaries stored in the application.
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| May 5 at 1:21 | comment | added | Basil Bourque |
Related: Use /etc/paths or /etc/paths.d to add items to the PATH in macOS Sierra?
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| May 5 at 1:17 | history | edited | Basil Bourque | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 5 at 0:08 | vote | accept | Basil Bourque | ||
| May 5 at 0:07 | comment | added | Basil Bourque | Thanks. That was my own conclusion. It is just such a seemingly silly chore for me to have to create a new symlink in the /usr/local/bin folder every time I get an updated version of the console app. | |
| May 4 at 22:00 | history | answered | nohillside♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |