Change Default Install Location [cracked] - How To

# Create user Applications folder if missing mkdir ~/Applications defaults write com.apple.installer TargetDirectory -string "/Volumes/Data/Applications"

# Copy existing sudo cp -R /usr/local/* /opt/homebrew/ # Update shell profile with new path echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc 4.1 System-Wide Default ( /usr/local → custom prefix) By default, make install and package managers install to /usr/local . Change via --prefix : how to change default install location

Change installation location:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/ echo "path-include=/mnt/bigdrive/usr/*" | sudo tee /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/path-redirect (Not recommended – breaks security updates) # Create user Applications folder if missing mkdir