On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 05:19:18AM +0300, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote: > Hi Ivan and all, > > Where should we be installing local programs in? I install KDE > programs with --prefix=/usr/local and they don't seem to work > correctly unless I install them under /usr. They will not be > able to access their data files and so forth. How can I install > my local programs under /usr/local and have them work without > such problems? > > The problem so far occured at least with kbiff and ksetiwatch. > They insist on being installed directly in /usr which leaves > a lot of cruft. > Try something like: KDEDIR=/usr:/usr/local prefix=/usr/local
or better build/install kde yourself to /usr/local/kde2.x, then just KDEDIR=/usr/local/kde2.x and all of you other kde programs will work fine. -- Gordon Sadler
