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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Guy Dillen <gu...@gmail.com> on 2014/04/08 21:40:38 UTC

Apache Tomcat 7/8 installation folder on Mac OSX


Hi,

 

I see different folder options for installing Apache Tomcat 7/8 on a Mac:
/opt, /usr/local and /Applications. What is the recommended folder to
install it on Mac OSX?

 

Thanks.

Re: Apache Tomcat 7/8 installation folder on Mac OSX

Posted by Hassan Schroeder <ha...@gmail.com>.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Christopher Schultz
<ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote:

>> I see different folder options for installing Apache Tomcat 7/8 on
>> a Mac: /opt, /usr/local and /Applications. What is the recommended
>> folder to install it on Mac OSX?
>
> I think it's really a matter of personal preference.
>
> /usr/local is kind of a Linux-ism, while most other *NIXs tend to use
> /opt for "extra" software installed for all users.

>From an older (archaeological!) perspective, /usr/local is more a
BSD Unix standard vs /opt from System V Unix.

But yes, personal preference -- I put things in /usr/local on all my
servers so I do the same on my Mac for consistency. Keeps me
from having to pointlessly genericize shell scripts and whatnot.

-- 
Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder@gmail.com
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Re: Apache Tomcat 7/8 installation folder on Mac OSX

Posted by Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>.
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Guy,

On 4/8/14, 1:40 PM, Guy Dillen wrote:
> I see different folder options for installing Apache Tomcat 7/8 on
> a Mac: /opt, /usr/local and /Applications. What is the recommended
> folder to install it on Mac OSX?

I think it's really a matter of personal preference.

/usr/local is kind of a Linux-ism, while most other *NIXs tend to use
/opt for "extra" software installed for all users.

While /Applications may seem like a logical choice in Mac, I don't
think it is such a choice because it's not a user application: it's
intended to be run as a server.

On my Mac for development, I have both CATALINA_HOME and any
CATALINA_BASEs underneath my own user directory (/Users/chris).

- -chris
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