macOS Where do you install REALbasic, MonoDevelop?

[ajbrehm]

Where do you install non-Apple developer tools, like REALbasic or MonoDevelop?

I am trying to figure out the best install location and want to follow conventions if they exist.

/Applications

Doesn't seem ideal, as IDEs and Developer Tools are not technically "applications" and don't look appropriate next to MS Office.

/Developer

Seems more appropriate but what happens to subdirectories in /Developer when Xcode is updated or re-installed?

/Developer/Applications

Same applies. But is it better than the root of /Developer?

I currently have

/Developer/REALbasic
/Developer/QT
/Developer/Mono

Any suggestions?

 

[kainjow]

I think those are fine. I installed Cocotron recently and it put itself in /Developer/Cocotron.

/Applications/Developer could work just as well, and you wouldn't risk Xcode's installer messing with it.

 

[Cromulent]

Do not install stuff in /Developer. I was reading some Apple documentation that was saying basically if you upgrade Xcode the upgrade script could in fact delete folders in the /Developer structure. Install them in /Applications/Developer if you want a decent place.