On Wed, 5 Feb 2014, Lean Rada wrote: > I am trying to install and use fish in a computer where I do not have su > priviledges (e.g. in school). > > I downloaded the source and compiled it (I did not 'make install', just > 'configure' and 'make'). I put it in some directory, then I ran fish from > bash. It failed. Unfortunately, I haven't copied the output. > > Is there a way to use fish without installing it?
On Linux, the best way is to install it to a directory that you have control over. For example, if you create a directory `fish-prefix` in your home directory, you can then run: ./configure --prefix=~/fish-prefix make make install ~/fish-prefix/bin/fish David Adam zanc...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
