As you can see, the leading '/' is stripped from the prefix, which means that all files are installed in ..../development/scons/home/... :-(
I am trying to repeat this problem (you have mentioned twice) but my tex2lyx fails to build with error message: link /nologo /debug /map /OUT:debug\common\tex2lyx\tex2lyx.exe /LIBPATH:debug\li bs /LIBPATH:C:\lyx-devel\qt-414\lib /LIBPATH:C:\lyx-devel\zlib\lib /LIBPATH:C:\l yx-devel\iconv\lib /LIBPATH:debug\libs support.lib included_boost_signals.lib in cluded_boost_regex.lib included_boost_filesystem.lib included_boost_iostreams.li b libiconv.lib ole32.lib shlwapi.lib shell32.lib advapi32.lib zdll.lib gdi32.lib debug\common\tex2lyx\FloatList.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\Floating.obj debug\comm on\tex2lyx\boost.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\context.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\count ers.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\gettext.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\lengthcommon.obj d ebug\common\tex2lyx\lyxfont.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\lyxlayout.obj debug\common\ tex2lyx\lyxlex.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\lyxlex_pimpl.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\ly xtextclass.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\math.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\preamble.obj d ebug\common\tex2lyx\table.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\tex2lyx.obj debug\common\tex2 lyx\texparser.obj debug\common\tex2lyx\text.obj support.lib(package.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class std: :basic_string<unsigned long,struct std::char_traits<unsigned long>,class std::al locator<unsigned long> > const __cdecl _(class std::basic_string<char,struct std ::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &)" (?_@@YA?BV?$basic_str [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@2@@std@@[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@std@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@2@@2@@Z) referenced in function "class std::basic_stri ng<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const __cdecl lyx::support::`anonymous namespace'::abs_path_from_binary_name(class std::basic _string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &) " ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@std@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@2@@std@@ABV45@@Z) debug\common\tex2lyx\tex2lyx.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals scons: *** [debug\common\tex2lyx\tex2lyx.exe] Error 1120 scons: building terminated because of errors. I need to first figure out this, and then install. ..:-( Bo