Re: prefix

[Baurzhan Ismagulov]

Hello Thomas,

On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 01:13:41PM +0100, Roesner Thomas wrote:
> i want to configure my package without setting the --prefix option. By
> default "make install" tries to copy libs and binaries to /usr/lib or
> /usr/bin, but I need the files copied to ./bin and ./lib.
> 
> Can anybody tell me wich variable must be set to `pwd` within the
> configure.in?

I use the following command:

make DESTDIR=`pwd` install

This is useful, e.g., while creating a package. However, this installs
the files into ./usr/bin, etc. Does this suit your needs? I don't know
how to do that from configure.in.

With kind regards,
Baurzhan.