make install DESTDIR

aj mailtome200420032002 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 23 13:43:56 EDT 2010


Thanks for reply Thomas. I am running make install DESTDIR=/home/foo/
bar.
Martin- Asking for help :)

On Aug 21, 4:43 am, "Martin v. Loewis" <mar... at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> > The whole point of DESTDIR is that it should be prepended to all
> > installed paths, but the binaries should not contain any references to
> > it.DESTDIR is commonly used by packagers, for example, to allow
> > installation without superuser privileges.
>
> So what is the point of your messages? Do you want to report a problem?
> Are you asking for help? Do you want to vent frustration?
>
> Regards,
> Martin




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