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[Linux] Where to download script files to? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, I'm making an install.sh script to download script files from GitHub to the user's system. I know downloading to the home directory (~/script_dir/) is typically frowned upon.

For context, this is a directory containing python files, README, requirements, etc. pip dependencies need to be installed before launch. The script would be executed through main.py.

Where would be a good place to download to that won't clutter the user's home directory?

Edit: The script is a CLI interface for yt-dlp to make it easier to use. So, it will download files to specified directories on the user's system.

Edit 2: Appreciate the responses. I forgot to mention this script has a config file it uses for certain parameters, such as default download directory for each category. If a config file doesn't exist it creates one in the script's directory and dumps the default values from a default config file (YAML).

Some of you are mentioning this could be a PyPI package. Would I still be able to read/write my config files if I made this a PyPI package?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Somehow nobody has mentioned that the executable script should reside in a location listed in the users path.

Add shebang Download to /usr/local/bin/ or at least symlink there.

Maybe package as pip package

Read a standard sometime people.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

OP wrote they want to install dependencies as well, that's why it's a bit more complex situation. For python scripts without external dependencies it would work.