Hi there! On 07/14/2010 09:49 PM, Gerardo Fernandez wrote: > Hi all, > > the distribution I use in my netbook only offers Scid 3.6, so I > compiled it from the source. But the binary and all the other files > stay in /home/user/chess/scid, the place where I unpacked it, which > doesn't seem to me a proper location for the program. I'd prefer to > have it where it gets installed to in Linux Mint for example, where > the executable is placed in /usr/games and the rest of the files in > /user/share/scid, but how should I do that? Just moving files after > compiling or maybe compiling with special options? >
Both would work :-) The latter is not in compilation itself but in the install part of the making. First patch the makefile such that you specify the desired folders. In /home/user/chess/scid, type: $ ./configure BINDIR=/usr/games SHAREDIR=/user/share/scid Next, you build the stuff (locally in /home/user/chess/scid) by entering $ make Finally, you install the results by entering $ make install Needless to say 1) During installation, your `whoami` needs full access to $BINDIR and $SHAREDIR 2) You do this at your own risk. So I would recommend to run a test install into a safer place before committing changes to your system that cannot be undone... Finally, observe that scid leaves files in (mainly) ~/.scid/config. Several incompatibilities exist between 3.6.x and 4.x. So if you want to toss and turn between the two scid versions, you should need to set those files apart. Cheers, Joost. > Thanks in advance. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
