Re: pangoft refuses to install

[torsten <torsten inetw net>]

On Wed the 05 Feb 2003 at 08 hours EST
T wrote...
>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,...}
>


In retrospect, I like DESTDIR a lot.
Thanks for the tip.
Torsten