From c630a3e75711f837f39d5072c728a8b189f096a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JGZYES <JGZYES@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 10:48:25 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] install: Linux/macOS default install dir is /usr/local/bin;
 only -p <path> or PMM_INSTALL_DIR overrides (specified dir)

---
 src/pmm.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pmm.c b/src/pmm.c
index 4c23b24..b31b8fb 100644
--- a/src/pmm.c
+++ b/src/pmm.c
@@ -205,10 +205,16 @@ const char *pmm_cache_dir(char *buf, size_t size) {
 const char *pmm_install_dir(char *buf, size_t size) {
     const char *env = getenv("PMM_INSTALL_DIR");
     if (env && *env) { snprintf(buf, size, "%s", env); }
-    else {
+    else if (g_base_path[0]) {
+        snprintf(buf, size, "%s", g_base_path);   /* -p <path>: flat install into the specified dir */
+    } else {
+#ifdef _WIN32
         char base[1024];
         pmm_base_dir(base, sizeof(base));
-        snprintf(buf, size, "%s/bin", base);
+        snprintf(buf, size, "%s/bin", base);      /* Windows default -> <base>\bin */
+#else
+        snprintf(buf, size, "/usr/local/bin");     /* Linux/macOS default -> system-wide (on PATH) */
+#endif
     }
     mkdir_p(buf);
     return buf;