On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Yuri de Groot wrote:
> I regularly come across install instructions that say:
> 1. ./configure
> 2. make
> 3. su
> (enter root password)
> 4. make install
>
> I wonder what would happen if I skipped step 3?
> Probably run into permission problems, I expect.
Yup, unless you run configure with these arguments (or something similar):
% configure --with-prefix=${HOME}/local
the binary will be in ${HOME}/local/bin, and the libraries in
${HOME}/local/lib --- so you'll need to update the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
environment variable to point there as well.
Tim Wright
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
University of Canterbury
"Language, like terrorism, targets civilians and generates fear to
effect political change."
-- "Collateral Language" John Collins and Ross Glover ed.
