Query about local folder in root/usr

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Query about local folder in root/usr

why root/usr/local folder is empty in my new macbook air m1 chip ? is that the case with all or is it any technical fault

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Apr 28, 2021 4:39 AM

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Barney-15E

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Apr 28, 2021 5:38 AM in response to Sahilgoyal

Did you really mean /usr/local?

I think it is empty by default, but I have installed things there.

You could put things in usr/local/bin, but by default, downloads from the internet go to your Downloads folder. If it was a compiled binary, you could move it there.

You should not have to do anything but run ‘brew install’ with the formula name.

it is supposed to take care of putting everything in the correct place.

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Barney-15E

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Apr 28, 2021 5:14 AM in response to Sahilgoyal

The root user is disabled by default. Why do you expect there to be anything in its home folder?

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Sahilgoyal Author

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Apr 28, 2021 5:21 AM in response to Barney-15E

Okay,I dont know much about terminal. Actually Whenever I try to download something by taking help from internet, they expect it to get downloaded in usr/local/bin folder . But as my local folder is empty, it contains no bin folder (for eg I downloaded gcc using homebrew by "brew install gcc" , but not able to use it)

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Sahilgoyal Author

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Apr 28, 2021 5:48 AM in response to Barney-15E

Okay, like initially when I ran "where gcc" it gave "usr/bin/gcc" , this one is preinstalled . But when I ran "brew install gcc", command "where gcc " still gave the same result "usr/bin/gcc" . But I expected it to print 1 more path where brew installed it

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