MKATZ@A.ISI.EDU (Morris Katz) (07/09/87)
I am a new X user and have been unable to get X to install correctly in my Sun3 environment. In particular, I need to cause the object code and libraries to be installed in nonstandard locations. (i.e. Not in /usr/lib, /usr/new, /usr/include, /usr/man, etc.) I have tried modifying the strings DESTDIR, CONFDIR, and XDIR in the Makefile to no avail. Has anybody ever succeeded in installing X in anything but the default locations? Any sugestions would be greatly appreciated. Morry Katz mkatz@a.isi.edu mkatz@vx.lcs.mit.edu -------
bob%tut.cis.ohio-state.edu@osu-eddie.UUCP (Bob Sutterfield) (07/10/87)
In article <8707091927.AA06607@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> MKATZ@A.ISI.EDU (Morris Katz) writes: >... I need to cause the object code and libraries to be installed in >nonstandard locations. (i.e. Not in /usr/lib, /usr/new, >/usr/include, /usr/man, etc.) I have tried modifying the strings >DESTDIR, CONFDIR, and XDIR in the Makefile to no avail... (This was discussed in articles <3279@osu-eddie.UUCP> and <8703041827.AA16574@cleo> in March.) We keep local things under /u/osu/{bin,lib,include} which caused some installation grief. One would hope that modifying DESTDIR, CONFDIR, and XDIR might help, but it's not really so. The install: targets are pretty hardwired to put things under `whatever' and `whatever/lib', rather than `whatever/bin' and `whatever/lib'. The bad news: you must edit each instance of a mv, cp, or install in each Makefile's install: targets to put things where you want them. Hopefully, the X11 distribution will be a little easier to install in non-standard locations? -=- Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277 bob@ohio-state.{arpa,csnet} or ...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!bob soon: bob@aargh.cis.ohio-state.edu