On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 10:41:03AM -0400, Kevin Cozens wrote:
> Anton Enright wrote:
> > I've got a GIMP precompiled binary tarball that is supposed
> > to be installed in /opt
> > 
> > Because I do not have root access to my machine I've installed
> > it in /space/opt.
> [snip]
> > Is there anyway to modify post-install the prefix directory that
> > gimp looks for scripts plugins etc...
> 
> Check for paths in the 'gimprc' file under the directory where you
> installed GIMP plus in the users area under the .gimp-1.1 directory.
> 
> In the main gimprc file there is a path called 'prefix' which is the
> main one you need to modify. Changing the path should help but I do
> not guarantee that this will make it fully operational but its worth
> a shot.
> 
> Alternatively, you could grab the source and compile it yourself.
> This would allow you to specify any install path you liked.

A handful of symlinks would probably fix it, too :)

Tom

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