&#62; single-user system<p>Am I missing something in the grand-parent that suggests that his is a single-user system?<p>Even if it is the case, then, as you pointed out elsewhere (<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1096327" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1096327</a>), the solution's still sub-optimal: better `~/bin` than `/usr/local` (right?).