Hello, I figure that i will need to give some runtime arguments to following commands for upgrading my fvwm installation. as per README from fvwm package...
can someone tell me what is the right value for PREFIX and EPREFIX? Installation directories: --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local] --exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX [PREFIX] By default, `make install' will install all the files in `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix', for instance `--prefix=$HOME'. For better control, use the options below. 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] --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] --datarootdir=DIR read-only arch.-independent data root [PREFIX/share] --datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data [DATAROOTDIR] --infodir=DIR info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info] --localedir=DIR locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale] --mandir=DIR man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man] --docdir=DIR documentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/PACKAGE] --htmldir=DIR html documentation [DOCDIR] --dvidir=DIR dvi documentation [DOCDIR] --pdfdir=DIR pdf documentation [DOCDIR] --psdir=DIR ps documentation [DOCDIR] Since I did not do that (I do not knwo where is OpenBSD installing fvwm related stuff) I guess after running the following sequence, i have two versions installed on my system... [host]/tmp # ./configure # make # make install so that, from an xterm window.... $ which fvwm /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm $ $ fvwm -version [FVWM][main]: Fvwm Version 2.2.5 compiled on Aug 8 2007 at 23:03:41 [FVWM][main]: <<ERROR>> can't open display $ $ /usr/local/bin/fvwm -version FVWM version 2.4.20 compiled on Jan 7 2008 at 11:33:48 with support for: ReadLine, XPM, GNOME WM hints, Shape, SM, Xinerama $ can someone tell the right values for PREFIX and EPREFIX? thx, -BG ________________________________ ~~aapka kalyan ho~~