Hello
Gregory Machin (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> when compling a new aplication gcc ./configure allows you to use the
> following to configure the location of relavent files, what paths
> should i specify for debian so that i may keep with the standards ..
>
> Fine tuning of the installation directories:
> --bindir=DIR user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
> --sbindir=DIR system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
> --libexecdir=DIR program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
> --datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data
> [PREFIX/share]
> --sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
> --sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data
> [PREFIX/com]
> --localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
> --libdir=DIR object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
> --includedir=DIR C header files [PREFIX/include]
> --oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
> --infodir=DIR info documentation [PREFIX/info]
> --mandir=DIR man documentation [PREFIX/man]
If you compile software on your own, it might probably be a good idea to
set PREFIX to /usr/local, not /usr. This way you won't get conflicts
with software installed by the package management, which is installed
to /usr. The predefined settings above look quite reasonable to me.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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