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new mac mini with snow leopard.

entering the following into the terminal: cd /usr/local

get the following message: -bash: cd: /usr/local: No such file or directory

not sure why?

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The directory does not exist. Why don't you believe the error message? If you need it, create it. sudo mkdir /usr/local – EmmEff Dec 17 '09 at 18:03
Why do you expect it to exist? – ℝaphink Dec 17 '09 at 20:00

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You're getting this error because the directory /usr/local does not exist. I don't have a Snow Leopard install in front of me right now, but it's entirely possible that this directory doesn't exist by default -- nothing would be installed there in a stock install.

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/usr/local doesn't exist by default on OS X. – mipadi Dec 17 '09 at 20:28
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Try this command in the terminal instead: ls /usr

This lists the contents of the /usr directory.

Do you see "local" is in the list of directories in /usr? If not, it doesn't exist and that's why you can't cd to /usr/local.

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