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Installing Programs to a specified directory

  • 22-02-2005 4:42pm
    #1
    quarryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭


    I'm trying to install xmms to my home directory. There are 3 steps as far as i can tell. Configure. Make. Make install.

    When i run configure it says this at the end:

    Install Path: /usr
    Current XMMS: /usr/bin/xmms

    I want it here: /home/me/xmms

    How do i do it?


Comments

  • #2
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    in /usr/bin/xmms
    type:

    mv xmms /home/me/xmms


  • #3
    quarryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    eth0_ wrote:
    in /usr/bin/xmms
    type:

    mv xmms /home/me/xmms

    i'm not sure that's it. i've only run ./configure so i wouldn't have thought the xmms directory was created yet. Does it create a config file for itself that I can edit manually.

    thanks for the reply.


  • #4
    bigfeller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭bigfeller


    At the configure stage run a
    ./configure -help

    Should give and option to install to a set directory.

    should be something like:
    ./configure -install-dir=/home/me/xmms


  • #5
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    well once its installed you can just move its directory no bother..


  • #6
    quarryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    bigfeller wrote:
    At the configure stage run a
    ./configure -help

    Should give and option to install to a set directory.

    should be something like:
    ./configure -install-dir=/home/me/xmms

    i'll try that.
    well once its installed you can just move its directory no bother..

    i'm not admin. don't think i have access to that folder

    EDIT: ok problem solved command was ./configure --prefix=/home/me/xmms

    thanks for the help guys.


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