tested on mac

pkg/standalone/run.go

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	componentsDirName      = "components"
 	messageBusYamlFileName = "pubsub.yaml"
 	stateStoreYamlFileName = "statestore.yaml"
 	sentryDefaultAddress   = "localhost:50001"
@@ -183,15 +182,6 @@ func getAppCommand(httpPort, grpcPort, metricsPort int, command string, args []s
 	return cmd, nil
 }
 
-func absoluteComponentsDir() (string, error) {
-	wd, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	return filepath.Join(wd, componentsDirName), nil
-}
-
 func createRedisStateStore(redisHost string, componentsPath string) error {
 	redisStore := component{
 		APIVersion: "dapr.io/v1alpha1",
@@ -281,26 +271,11 @@ func Run(config *RunConfig) (*RunOutput, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var componentsPath string
+	componentsPath, err := getComponentsPath(config)
-
-	if config.ComponentsPath == "" {
-		componentsPath, err = absoluteComponentsDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-		err = utils.CreateDirectory(componentsPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	} else {
-		_, err = os.Stat(config.ComponentsPath)
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		componentsPath = config.ComponentsPath
-	}
-
 	componentsLoader := components.NewStandaloneComponents(modes.StandaloneConfig{ComponentsPath: componentsPath})
 	components, err := componentsLoader.LoadComponents()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -369,3 +344,14 @@ func Run(config *RunConfig) (*RunOutput, error) {
 		DaprGRPCPort: daprGRPCPort,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+func getComponentsPath(config *RunConfig) (string, error) {
+	if config.ComponentsPath == "" {
+		componentsPath, err := utils.GetDefaultComponentsFolder()
+		fmt.Println("Read components env: ", componentsPath)
+		return componentsPath, err
+	}
+
+	_, err := os.Stat(config.ComponentsPath)
+	return config.ComponentsPath, err
+}

pkg/standalone/standalone.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	path_filepath "path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -374,7 +375,10 @@ func installDaprBinary(wg *sync.WaitGroup, errorChan chan<- error, dir, version
 		return
 	}
 
-	daprPath, err := moveFileToPath(extractedFilePath, installLocation)
+	destDir := getDestDir(installLocation)
+	fmt.Println("destDir: ", destDir)
+
+	daprPath, err := moveFileToPath(extractedFilePath, installLocation, destDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorChan <- fmt.Errorf("error moving Dapr binary to path: %s", err)
 		return
@@ -386,9 +390,39 @@ func installDaprBinary(wg *sync.WaitGroup, errorChan chan<- error, dir, version
 		return
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("Trying to create components folder with input dir: ", destDir)
+	err = createComponentsDir(destDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		errorChan <- fmt.Errorf("error creating default components folder: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
 	errorChan <- nil
 }
 
+func createComponentsDir(daprPath string) error {
+
+	// Make default components directory under install path
+	componentsDir := filepath.Join(daprPath, utils.ComponentsDirName)
+	fmt.Printf("default install location: %s\ncomponents folder location: %s\n", daprPath, componentsDir)
+	fmt.Println("Creating default components dir: ", componentsDir)
+	_, err := os.Stat(componentsDir)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		errDir := os.MkdirAll(componentsDir, 0755)
+		if errDir != nil {
+			return errDir
+		}
+
+		if runtime.GOOS == daprWindowsOS {
+			_, err := utils.RunCmdAndWait("ATTRIB", "+s +h", componentsDir)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func makeExecutable(filepath string) error {
 	if runtime.GOOS != daprWindowsOS {
 		err := os.Chmod(filepath, 0777)
@@ -492,21 +526,24 @@ func untar(filepath, targetDir string) (string, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func moveFileToPath(filepath string, installLocation string) (string, error) {
+func getDestDir(installLocation string) string {
 	destDir := daprDefaultLinuxAndMacInstallPath
 	if runtime.GOOS == daprWindowsOS {
 		destDir = daprDefaultWindowsInstallPath
-		filepath = strings.Replace(filepath, "/", "\\", -1)
 	}
 
-	fileName := path_filepath.Base(filepath)
-	destFilePath := ""
-
 	// if user specified --install-path, use that
 	if installLocation != "" {
 		destDir = installLocation
 	}
 
+	return destDir
+}
+
+func moveFileToPath(filepath string, installLocation string, destDir string) (string, error) {
+	fileName := path_filepath.Base(filepath)
+	destFilePath := ""
+
 	destFilePath = path.Join(destDir, fileName)
 
 	input, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath)

pkg/standalone/uninstall.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package standalone
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/dapr/cli/pkg/rundata"
 	"github.com/dapr/cli/utils"
@@ -48,7 +49,15 @@ func removeContainers(uninstallAll bool, dockerNetwork string) []error {
 	return containerErrs
 }
 
-// Uninstall deletes all installed containers
+func removeDefaultComponentsFolder() error {
+	defaultComponentsPath, err := utils.GetDefaultComponentsFolder()
+	fmt.Println("Cleaning up default Components folder: ", defaultComponentsPath)
+	err = os.RemoveAll(defaultComponentsPath)
+
+	return err
+}
+
+// Uninstall reverts all changes made by init. Deletes all installed containers, removes default components folder, unsets env variables
 func Uninstall(uninstallAll bool, dockerNetwork string) error {
 	var containerErrs []error
 
@@ -62,6 +71,12 @@ func Uninstall(uninstallAll bool, dockerNetwork string) error {
 		fmt.Println("WARNING: could not delete run data file")
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("Removing default components folder")
+	err = removeDefaultComponentsFolder()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("WARNING: could not delete default components folder")
+	}
+
 	err = errors.New("uninstall failed")
 	if !dockerInstalled {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w \n could not connect to Docker. Docker may not be installed or running", err)

pkg/version/version.go

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os/exec"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/dapr/cli/utils"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -24,12 +25,7 @@ const (
 
 // GetRuntimeVersion returns the version for the local Dapr runtime.
 func GetRuntimeVersion() string {
-	runtimeName := ""
+	runtimeName := utils.GetDaprRuntimeName()
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		runtimeName = "daprd.exe"
-	} else {
-		runtimeName = "daprd"
-	}
 
 	out, err := exec.Command(runtimeName, "--version").Output()
 	if err != nil {

utils/utils.go

@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	path_filepath "path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/client"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 )
 
+// ComponentsDirName is the default hidden components folder name created at init time
+const ComponentsDirName = ".components"
+
 // PrintTable to print in the table format
 func PrintTable(csvContent string) {
 	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
@@ -118,3 +123,27 @@ func IsDockerInstalled() bool {
 	_, err = cli.Ping(context.Background())
 	return err == nil
 }
+
+// GetDaprRuntimeName returns the name of the dapr runtime binary
+func GetDaprRuntimeName() string {
+	runtimeName := ""
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		runtimeName = "daprd.exe"
+	} else {
+		runtimeName = "daprd"
+	}
+
+	return runtimeName
+}
+
+// GetDefaultComponentsFolder returns the hidden .components folder created under install directory at init time
+func GetDefaultComponentsFolder() (string, error) {
+	daprBinaryName := GetDaprRuntimeName()
+	daprRuntimePath, err := RunCmdAndWait("which", daprBinaryName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	defaultComponentsPath := path_filepath.Join(daprRuntimePath[0:len(daprRuntimePath)-len(daprBinaryName)-1], ComponentsDirName)
+	return defaultComponentsPath, err
+}