And, BTW, if you don't have write privileges to "/Applications" then you should get some sort of error message when doing the "make install" -- let us know if that's not the case.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:47 PM, David Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it is intended, and has to do with the dual nature of the ParaView Mac > installation. (It's a bundle app, it's a unix command line tool, you > decide...) > > Use:DESTDIR=blah make install > > and it will end up in "$blah/Applications" instead of "/Applications" > > If we put it where CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX points, it would end up in /usr/bin > or /usr/local/bin for most people and they would never find it. Not what > most people want... > > If you use DESTDIR, the "/Applications" is prefixed with the DESTDIR value > so that you can put it wherever you want. > > On the other hand, "make package" should work and give you a *.dmg file > that has the client app in it that you can drag-n-drop wherever you want, > too. > > > HTH, > David > > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Michael Jackson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I have PV 3.6.1 from CVS and ran a "make install" and to my surprise I end >> up with "ParaView3.6.1.app in /Applications which is NOT where >> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is set to. The rest of ParaView seems to have been >> installed into CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX but not the actual Application Bundle. >> If this was intended behavior, what is the reason? I would have expected >> everything to show where I set the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to. >> What if I don't have write privileges to /Applications on my machine? >> >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> Mike Jackson [email protected] >> BlueQuartz Software www.bluequartz.net >> Principal Software Engineer Dayton, Ohio >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> > >
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