make install

[Alexandre Oliva]

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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