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 1. Make sure you have JDK 6 or later.
 2. [Download the script](https://raw.github.com/technomancy/leiningen/stable/bin/lein).
-3. Place it on your `$PATH`. (I like to use `~/bin`)
-4. Set it to be executable. (`chmod 755 ~/bin/lein`)
+3. Place it on your `$PATH`. (Copying to `/usr/local/bin` should work)
+4. Set it to be executable. (`chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/lein`)
 
 There is still a lot of extant material on the Web concerning the
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