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Old 09-20-2010
Installation directory structure for downloaded program
OS X 10.3.9
I downloaded RealPlayer into my
~/download
folder, clicked install and everything works just fine.

My question has to do with just my trying to understand where OS X keeps the files.

So, I opened terminal and said:

find / -name RealPlayer 2>/dev/null

To my utter confusion the file is:
~/download/RealPlayer.app/Contents/MacOS/RealPlayer

I said
cd ~/download and saw two relevant names:

RealPlayer.app
RealPlayer10GOLD-1.dmg.download

where RealPlayer.app is directory. I ran my tree command to see what is there
~/download$ tree RealPlayer.app
and that just overwhelmed me with HUGE directory tree that starts in RealPlayer.app directory, I place snapshot of the output below.

Now, question is - how come this 33MB worth of stuff lingers under my ~/download directory, which is designated download target in my browser and supposedly is kinda working temp directory, right?

a) why installation lives under ~/download and not somewhere in /usr/share or /usr/local ?

b) do other users on my system have access to it? if no - how should I have installed it so all users access it?

c) can I tidy up it a bit. like go to Frameworks and remove languages that I don't use?

the tree output follows:

Code:
~/download/RealPlayer.app$ tree .
   +--Contents
      +--Frameworks
      |  +--HXClientKit.framework
      |  |  |--Headers
      |  |  +--HelixPlugins
      |  |  |  +--Codecs
      |  |  |  |  +--atrc.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--colorcvt.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--cook.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--ddnt.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOSClassic
      |  |  |  |  +--dnet.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--drv1.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--drv2.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--drvc.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--raac.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--rv10.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--rv20.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--rv30.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--rv40.bundle
      |  |  |  |  |  +--Contents
      |  |  |  |  |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |  |  +--sipr.bundle
      |  |  |  |     +--Contents
      |  |  |  |        +--MacOS
      |  |  |  +--Common
      |  |  |  |  +--clntcore.bundle
      |  |  |  |     +--Contents
      |  |  |  |        +--MacOS
      |  |  |  +--Plugins
      |  |  |     +--aacff.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--audplin.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--authmgr.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--clbascauth.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--clntxres.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     |--ExtResources
      |  |  |     +--httpfsys.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--hxsdp.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--hxxml.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--hypernavff.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--imgrender.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--memfsys.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--mp3fformat.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--mp3metaff.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--mp3render.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--mp4arender.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--mp4fformat.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--plusplin.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--ramfformat.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--ramrender.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--rarender.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--rmfformat.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--rn5auth.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--rtfformat.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--rtrender.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--rvrender.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--sdpplin.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--smlfformat.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--smlrender.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     |--MacOS
      |  |  |     |     +--Resources
      |  |  |     +--smmrender.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--smplfsys.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--stubdrm.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--swfformat.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--swfrender.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--vidplin.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--vidsite.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--vsrcplin.bundle
      |  |  |     |  +--Contents
      |  |  |     |     +--MacOS
      |  |  |     +--vsrlocal.bundle
      |  |  |        +--Contents
      |  |  |           +--MacOS
      |  |  +--Resources
      |  |  |  |--de.lproj
      |  |  |  |--English.lproj
      |  |  |  |--es.lproj
      |  |  |  |--fr.lproj
      |  |  |  +--ja.lproj
      |  |  +--Versions
      |  |     +--A
      |  |     |  |--Headers
      |  |     |  +--Resources
      |  |     |     |--de.lproj
      |  |     |     |--English.lproj
      |  |     |     |--es.lproj
      |  |     |     |--fr.lproj
      |  |     |     +--ja.lproj
      |  |     +--Current
      |  |        |--Headers
      |  |        +--Resources
      |  |           |--de.lproj
      |  |           |--English.lproj
      |  |           |--es.lproj
      |  |           |--fr.lproj
      |  |           +--ja.lproj
      |  +--RNControls.framework
      |     |--Headers
      |     +--Resources
      |     |  +--English.lproj
      |     +--Versions
      |        +--A
      |        |  |--Headers
      |        |  +--Resources
      |        |     +--English.lproj
      |        +--Current
      |           |--Headers
      |           +--Resources
      |              +--English.lproj
      +--MacOS
      |  +--RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
      |  |  +--Contents
      |  |     |--MacOS
      |  |     +--Resources
      |  |        +--de.lproj
      |  |        |  +--HelixAuthenticationCarbon.nib
      |  |        +--English.lproj
      |  |        |  +--HelixAuthenticationCarbon.nib
      |  |        +--es.lproj
      |  |        |  +--HelixAuthenticationCarbon.nib
      |  |        +--fr.lproj
      |  |        |  +--HelixAuthenticationCarbon.nib
      |  |        +--ja.lproj
      |  |           +--HelixAuthenticationCarbon.nib
      |  +--RealPlayer WebKitUtils.bundle
      |     +--Contents
      |        +--MacOS
      +--Resources
         +--de.lproj
         |  |--AutoUpdate.nib
         |  |--ClipInfo.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoQTGeneralView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAGeneralView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAPacketsView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAStreamsView.nib
         |  |--ClipViewMessage.nib
         |  |--ClipViewResizer.nib
         |  |--ConnectionPreferences.nib
         |  |--ContentPreferences.nib
         |  |--DownloadItem.nib
         |  |--Downloads.nib
         |  |--EQView.nib
         |  |--EQWindow.nib
         |  |--FavoriteName.nib
         |  |--Favorites.nib
         |  |--Find.nib
         |  |--GeneralPreferences.nib
         |  |--HelixAuthentication.nib
         |  |--InstalledComponents.nib
         |  |--InternetPreferences.nib
         |  |--MainMenu.nib
         |  |--MediaTypesPreferences.nib
         |  |--NotesWindow.nib
         |  |--OpenLocation.nib
         |  |--PlaybackPreferences.nib
         |  |--PlayerWindow.nib
         |  |--Preferences.nib
         |  |--ProxyPreferences.nib
         |  |--QTAudioControlsView.nib
         |  |--RawPreferences.nib
         |  |--SafariBrowserWindow.nib
         |  |--SetupAssistant.nib
         |  |--SignIn.nib
         |  |--TheaterModePalette.nib
         |  |--TransportPreferences.nib
         |  +--VideoControls.nib
         |--en_GB.lproj
         +--English.lproj
         |  |--AutoUpdate.nib
         |  |--ClipInfo.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoQTGeneralView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAGeneralView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAPacketsView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAStreamsView.nib
         |  |--ClipViewMessage.nib
         |  |--ClipViewResizer.nib
         |  |--ConnectionPreferences.nib
         |  |--ContentPreferences.nib
         |  |--DownloadItem.nib
         |  |--Downloads.nib
         |  |--EQView.nib
         |  |--EQWindow.nib
         |  |--FavoriteName.nib
         |  |--Favorites.nib
         |  |--Find.nib
         |  |--GeneralPreferences.nib
         |  |--HelixAuthentication.nib
         |  |--InstalledComponents.nib
         |  |--InternetPreferences.nib
         |  |--MainMenu.nib
         |  |--MediaTypesPreferences.nib
         |  |--NotesWindow.nib
         |  |--OpenLocation.nib
         |  |--PlaybackPreferences.nib
         |  |--PlayerWindow.nib
         |  |--Preferences.nib
         |  |--ProxyPreferences.nib
         |  |--QTAudioControlsView.nib
         |  |--RawPreferences.nib
         |  |--SafariBrowserWindow.nib
         |  |--SetupAssistant.nib
         |  |--SignIn.nib
         |  |--TheaterModePalette.nib
         |  |--TransportPreferences.nib
         |  +--VideoControls.nib
         +--es.lproj
         |  |--AutoUpdate.nib
         |  |--ClipInfo.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoQTGeneralView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAGeneralView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAPacketsView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAStreamsView.nib
         |  |--ClipViewMessage.nib
         |  |--ClipViewResizer.nib
         |  |--ConnectionPreferences.nib
         |  |--ContentPreferences.nib
         |  |--DownloadItem.nib
         |  |--Downloads.nib
         |  |--EQView.nib
         |  |--EQWindow.nib
         |  |--FavoriteName.nib
         |  |--Favorites.nib
         |  |--Find.nib
         |  |--GeneralPreferences.nib
         |  |--HelixAuthentication.nib
         |  |--InstalledComponents.nib
         |  |--InternetPreferences.nib
         |  |--MainMenu.nib
         |  |--MediaTypesPreferences.nib
         |  |--NotesWindow.nib
         |  |--OpenLocation.nib
         |  |--PlaybackPreferences.nib
         |  |--PlayerWindow.nib
         |  |--Preferences.nib
         |  |--ProxyPreferences.nib
         |  |--QTAudioControlsView.nib
         |  |--RawPreferences.nib
         |  |--SafariBrowserWindow.nib
         |  |--SetupAssistant.nib
         |  |--SignIn.nib
         |  |--TheaterModePalette.nib
         |  |--TransportPreferences.nib
         |  +--VideoControls.nib
         +--fr.lproj
         |  |--AutoUpdate.nib
         |  |--ClipInfo.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoQTGeneralView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAGeneralView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAPacketsView.nib
         |  |--ClipInfoRMAStreamsView.nib
         |  |--ClipViewMessage.nib
         |  |--ClipViewResizer.nib
         |  |--ConnectionPreferences.nib
         |  |--ContentPreferences.nib
         |  |--DownloadItem.nib
         |  |--Downloads.nib
         |  |--EQView.nib
         |  |--EQWindow.nib
         |  |--FavoriteName.nib
         |  |--Favorites.nib
         |  |--Find.nib
         |  |--GeneralPreferences.nib
         |  |--HelixAuthentication.nib
         |  |--InstalledComponents.nib
         |  |--InternetPreferences.nib
         |  |--MainMenu.nib
         |  |--MediaTypesPreferences.nib
         |  |--NotesWindow.nib
         |  |--OpenLocation.nib
         |  |--PlaybackPreferences.nib
         |  |--PlayerWindow.nib
         |  |--Preferences.nib
         |  |--ProxyPreferences.nib
         |  |--QTAudioControlsView.nib
         |  |--RawPreferences.nib
         |  |--SafariBrowserWindow.nib
         |  |--SetupAssistant.nib
         |  |--SignIn.nib
         |  |--TheaterModePalette.nib
         |  |--TransportPreferences.nib
         |  +--VideoControls.nib
         +--ja.lproj
            |--AutoUpdate.nib
            |--ClipInfo.nib
            |--ClipInfoQTGeneralView.nib
            |--ClipInfoRMAGeneralView.nib
            |--ClipInfoRMAPacketsView.nib
            |--ClipInfoRMAStreamsView.nib
            |--ClipViewMessage.nib
            |--ClipViewResizer.nib
            |--ConnectionPreferences.nib
            |--ContentPreferences.nib
            |--DownloadItem.nib
            |--Downloads.nib
            |--EQView.nib
            |--EQWindow.nib
            |--FavoriteName.nib
            |--Favorites.nib
            |--Find.nib
            |--GeneralPreferences.nib
            |--HelixAuthentication.nib
            |--InstalledComponents.nib
            |--InternetPreferences.nib
            |--MainMenu.nib
            |--MediaTypesPreferences.nib
            |--NotesWindow.nib
            |--OpenLocation.nib
            |--PlaybackPreferences.nib
            |--PlayerWindow.nib
            |--Preferences.nib
            |--ProxyPreferences.nib
            |--QTAudioControlsView.nib
            |--RawPreferences.nib
            |--SafariBrowserWindow.nib
            |--SetupAssistant.nib
            |--SignIn.nib
            |--TheaterModePalette.nib
            |--TransportPreferences.nib
            +--VideoControls.nib

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