Re: [orca-list] Pointers on starting orca development contributions?

[Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com>]

Jason White aliandika:
> You can set --prefix=directory-name when you run ./configure. Then, "make 
> install" will install Orca into the directory you specify (e.g., somewhere 
> under $HOME)

Better may be to just go with the default, which is /usr/local. Distros are not 
supposed to ship packages in /usr/local, as it is supposed to be the home for 
software locally built from source. It also has the clear advantage of being 
ahead of /usr in most path listings, so your built copy of Orca will naturally 
override your installed copy unless you specify /usr/bin/orca or until you 
uninstall orca from /usr/local. This is what I have done here when I needed a 
locally built git tree, and it has worked perfectly here so far.

$ which orca
/usr/local/bin/orca

Hope it helps.
~Kyle