On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 14:33 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 11:08 +1000, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> if I copy the (new) from /usr/local/bin/file > to /usr/bin/file am I > >> likely to cause problems...? > > > > ./configure --help > > usually > > ./configure --prefix=/ > > > thanks, James > > should I use '--exec-prefix' or '--prefix' ? > > is it just like below: > > ./configure --prefix= usr/bin [snip] syntax correct but words wrong prefix is the root of your install eg / or /usr/local choosing /usr/bin will yield
/usr/bin/usr/bin/app /usr/bin/etc/app.conf /usr/bin/lib/applib etc James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
