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Re: make install

To: <reedkotler at hotmail dot com>
Subject: Re: make install
From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
Date: 10 Nov 2000 17:09:45 -0200
Cc: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
References: <200011030008.QAA07345@kankakee.wrs.com><jmsnp9uck1.fsf@geoffk.com> <LAW-OE75WiGtXsL1c0000001c00@hotmail.com>

On Nov 10, 2000, <reedkotler@hotmail.com> wrote:

> normally i do a "make install" and just let it go to the default.
> how to i "make install" to a specific place?

You `configure --prefix=/specific/place', then `make bootstrap', then
`make install'.

It may work to just `make install prefix=/specific/place', but some
programs may ``remember'' that they were built to run on the prefix
(not) specified at configure time and get it wrong.

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Alexandre Oliva   Enjoy Guarana', see http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
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References:
- Re: EGCS->GCC: Snapshot names
  - From: Mike Stump
- Re: EGCS->GCC: Snapshot names
  - From: Geoff Keating
- make install
  - From: reedkotler

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