David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ...and then Harry Putnam said... > % > % I'm a little lost in installing spamassassin without using the > % ./configure approach. For example: How does one instruct the > % `make install' to use /usr/local instead of /usr? > > Heh. I remember beating my head to a bruise against this one :-) > > You're going to run the perl file Makefile.PL and so you need to pass it > arguments. Of course, arguments aren't in the form of --... but instead > simply > > perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr/local > > and away you go :-) I forget what other options you can specify -- > though I know from !#^#^%%% experience that you can't specify any of the > esoteric VENDORARCHLIB-type dirs -- but it's the same format and you just > string 'em along the command line.
Thanks David, I have a hunch I would have been a while getting that figured out. Probably clearly documented somewhere. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber Inc. Don't miss the IM event of the season | Special offer for OSDN members! JabberConf 2002, Aug. 20-22, Keystone, CO http://www.jabberconf.com/osdn _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk