Re: pangoft refuses to install

[torsten <torsten inetw net>]

On Wed the 05 Feb 2003 at 09 hours EST
SN wrote...
>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
>

The problem with DESTDIR is it installs the program configured for
/usr/local
in eg /usr/local/packages/<package-name>/usr/local/{bin,include,lib,...}
I'd rather have
/usr/local/packages/<package-name>/{bin,include,lib,...}

Torsten