Hi, On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:21:05 +0200 (CEST) Helmut Jarausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd like to install an experimental package with a different prefix, > say /usr/local/test > What should I write into the ebuild file? I don't think the ROOT environment variable when emerging is what you want. I think you can just append "--prefix=/usr/local/test" to the call to "econf". All of this assumes usage of autoconf, of course. Another common approach is to set DESTDIR to ${D}/usr/local/test for "make install". See http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=1 -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list