I purchased a new mac and want to install some tools on it but when I try to install anything, I am getting error as bin is not a folder .
Well why /bin inside my path /usr/local/ is a file not folder, isn't it supposed to be a folder???
I tried moving current /bin which is as a file to another location and created a folder as /bin inside /usr/local/ path.
But this made my mac not working properly, so I had to reinstall Macos.
I am very confused over this and because of this problem I am unable to install anything in my mac, someone please help.
$ ls -dl /usr/local/bin
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 username wheel xxxxxxxx Sep 26 06:36 /usr/local/bin
Here is the output for " ls -ledO /usr/local/bin /usr/local "
drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel sunlnk 512 Dec 27 20:57 /usr/local
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 bala wheel - 82560592 Sep 26 06:36 /usr/local/bin
my bin is showing as exec file like this
ls -dl /usr/local/bin
to the question? – nohillside♦ Jan 4 at 6:07ls -ledO /usr/local/bin /usr/local
then (and copy/paste the result as is, don't change anything, there might be stuff in the details)? – nohillside♦ Jan 4 at 7:02mv newbinaryprogram /usr/local/bin
. If /usr/local/bin already exists as a directory, this installs the program into it, but if it doesn't already exist it moves the program into /usr/local and renames it "bin"... giving the result you saw. Always make sure /usr/local/bin exists before trying to install anything into it. – Gordon Davisson Jan 4 at 9:54