Re: pangoft refuses to install

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

torsten <torsten inetw net> writes:

> I come across this problem occasionally with configure,
> that libraries refuse to install.
> 
> problem---->pangoft2 libraries will not install.
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local  \
> --mandir=/usr/local/share/man \
> --infodir=/usr/local/share/info \
> --sysconfdir=/etc/local \
> --localstatedir=/var/local
> 
> mkdir -p /usr/local/src/$PKG &&
> make prefix=/usr/local/src/$PKG \
> mandir=/usr/local/src/$PKG/share/man \
> infodir=/usr/local/src/$PKG/share/info \
> localstatedir=/var/local \
> sysconfdir=/etc/local \
> install
> 
> You can see I'm configuring the program in the
> system tree (/usr/local) but installing it in
> a subtree for packaging.

you should be using DESTDIR to achieve the latter. Your call to 'make
install' is definitely wrong as it is and you shouldn't blame Pango
for that.


Salut, Sven