can I delete the built in 'svn' and 'mvn' command?

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  1. renshao, Sep 19, 2009

    renshao macrumors newbie

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    hello guys,
    I've just received my first MacBook Pro, so I'm kind of a new mac user. The snow leopard has Subversion(1.6.2) and Apache Maven(2.0.9) already built in. However I want to use the latest version.

    I noticed 'svn' and 'mvn' command are located in /usr/bin directory. Can I simply delete them and install my own latest version?
     
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  2. Bakerman, Sep 19, 2009

    Bakerman macrumors member

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    Why not install in /usr/local instead, and add the new Subversion bin directory to the path? That way you get to keep Mac OS intact in case the shipped Subversion is touched by a future software update.
     
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