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PREFIX in README

Open jwilk opened this issue 9 years ago • 1 comments

README reads:

You can overload the prefix path by defining the PREFIX environment variable before installing.

$ PREFIX=$HOME make install

However, with the advent of autotools-based build system, this no longer works.

jwilk avatar Jul 30 '16 18:07 jwilk

DESTDIR= controls the root under which stuff is installed, at make install time — but if you configured with PREFIX of /usr/local, it'll just go to $DESTDIR/usr/local. Hm.

Maybe we should just specify that you should use the configure argument --prefix.

cemeyer avatar Jul 30 '16 19:07 cemeyer