prefix

prefix corresponds to the variable `prefix' for configure, which passes it on to the `Makefile' it creates. prefix sets the root installation directory for host-independent files as follows:

libraries

`prefix/lib'

man pages

`prefix/man'

info documents

`prefix/info'

include files

`prefix/include'

etc...

The default value for prefix is `/usr/local', which can be changed on the command line to configure using

configure --prefix=prefix ...

See section Configuring and compiling the software.

Go to the first, previous, next, last section, table of contents.