Re: help in installing binaries in both /bin and /usr/bin

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Aneesh" == Aneesh Kumar K V <address@hidden> writes:

 Aneesh> Hello,

 Aneesh> I want to write Makefile.am that need to install
 Aneesh> binaries in both /bin and /usr/bin.

`bin_PROGRAMS = foo' installs foo in `${bindir}'.
`barexec_PROGRAMS = baz' installs baz in `${barexecdir}'.

If you need more directories you can invent them, just defines
as many *dir variables as you need (in Makefile.am or using
AC_SUBST in configure.ac).

[...]

 Aneesh> As of now i have 

 Aneesh> bin_PROGRAMS=abc 
 Aneesh> bin_PROGRAMS=xyz  ==> What do i assign this to in order to 
 Aneesh>                       install it in /usr/bin 

One possibility among many variations:

bin_PROGRAMS = abc
usrbinexecdir = $(exec_prefix)/usr/bin
usrbinexec_PROGRAMS = xyz

This is assuming $(exec_prefix) gets empty in some way, so abc
installs in /bin as it seems you want.

Using $(exec_prefix) to defines $(usrbinexecdir) makes sure the
user still gets the expected result with `make prefix=/tmpdir
install'.   Using `exec' in the name of the `usrbinexecdir' variable
ensures `xyz' will be installed by `install-exec', not `install-data'.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz