On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:07:08 -0700, daviddoria wrote: > I cannot use the package manager as I don't have root. I am working on > RedHat 4.
I'm not very clued up on rpm, but I suspect there might be options to do local non-root installs (maybe the --prefix or --relocate option? You might like to ask on a rpm or Red Hat forum). > I did not do a make install. I thought make install just copied all the > files into the "proper" directories (ie. /usr/local/lib and others). I > thought since I was going to point it to /home/dave/mpfr anyway that I > didn't need to do a make install? Who knows what `make install' does for any particular package... I don't believe you can assume in general that *not* doing a `make install' will leave everything in the right place relative to the build directory. Here's how I tend to do things (I also work sometimes on a Red Hat system without root). I have created a directory /home/lionelb/local with a src subdirectory as well as (much of) the hierarchy you'd find under /usr (i.e. bin, lib, include, doc, share, etc, man, ...). Then if I want to install a tarball, say xxx.tgz, I'll unpack it to /home/lionelb/local/src/xxx, configure it with --prefix=/home/lionelb/local, `make' and then `make install'. That way everything ends up in the right place under my /home/lionelb/local hierarchy. I then make sure /home/lionelb/local/bin is in my PATH and Everything Works (tm)*. So you might try something along those lines. BTW, if you go this route, there are some issues for a GCC install. Firstly, make sure you *don't* try to build GCC itself from its own source directory - that's a no-no - rather, create a special `build' directory for it. Secondly, it may not be advisable to use the same --prefix for GCC as for your other `local' installs (apart from anything else, it may then end up on your PATH and override your system GCC, which could potentially be a recipe for mayhem...). *Not quite - if you install *libraries* in non-standard locations you may have to faff about with link options (LDFLAGS) or (yucky) add your non- standard `lib' directories to LD_LIBRARY_PATH for dynamic linking to work. But that shouldn't be an issue for your GCC install as regards mpfr, if you specify --with-mpfr (I've a feeling someone is going to tell me I'm wrong here...). -- Lionel B _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
