macosinstallationosx-snow-leopardjython

Best place to install Jython on Mac

I'm trying to install Jython on my Mac (Snow Leopard). The installer prompts me to install it under

/Users/myusername/jython2.5.2

However this seems to be an inappropriate place to install an interpreter core, library modules etc...

Any suggestions as to where might be a more appropriate folder... What about 

/User/bin/jython2.5.2

Would there be any side-effects of doing this?

Solution

  • I would go with /usr/local/bin, as that is the standard directory for user-installed binaries in the rest of the *nix world. Plus, it's already in your PATH. Using Homebrew helps managing these things.