I have a new mac mini with snow leopard.
When I enter the following into the terminal: cd /usr/local I get this error message: -bash: cd: /usr/local: No such file or directory
I am 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– EmmEffDec 17, 2009 at 18:03
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Why do you expect it to exist?– raphinkDec 17, 2009 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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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.
If you would like to create the directory /usr/local you can enter >
sudo mkdir /usr/local
You will need to enter your password, because the directory /usr is most likely owned by the user root. This command will warn you and do nothing if /usr/local already exists.
By default (and thus on new installations) there is no /usr/local/.
This explains why you get the message No such file or directory.
If you want to create it go to /usr and use mkdir local. (or, if the logged in account has insufficient rights: sudo mkdir /usr/local.