Hi, --- On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Mihir Mehta <[email protected]> wrote: | Suppose one is compiling a package from source. One accidentally forgets to | set the --prefix to $HOME | so the prefix becomes /usr or something by | default, which is undesirable. \--
You don't need to necessarily set --prefix when compiling from source. It depends on what you want to do. --- | One remembers during the 'make' process what | one has omitted- so is it necessary to scrap everything and start the whole | configure-and-make process again, \-- Yes. Also read: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/books/autotools_a_guide_to_autoconf_automake_libtool SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
