title: Choose bower install directory
body: <p>This is a follow-up to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/14079833/759866">this question</a>. I'm using bower 0.7.1, and still cannot get the components to be installed anywhere else than in the <code>components</code> folder.</p>
  
  <p>I tried adding the following line to my <code>component.json</code>, as per <a href="https://github.com/twitter/bower/pull/94" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this PR</a>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"componentsDirectory": "public/components"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it will still install in <code>./components</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I tried to create a <code>.bowerrc</code> file next to <code>component.json</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "directory" : "public/components"
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I get this error when running <code>bower install</code>:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error: Unable to parse local .bowerrc file: Unexpected token }</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Any idea?</p>