On Thursday 03 July 2008 12:42:28 pm Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, John Culleton wrote: > > It's not a bug but a feature. The developers don't like the older > > ./configure method. It makes their job harder. So here is the > > drill: > > Well, John, I'm not going to comment on this! > > > First you have to select a work directory name. You can use the > > same directory but the powers that be recommend against it. > > Let's say you specify /opt/scribus13312/ > > OK. The wxPython library wants to be built in a different > directory, too. > > > cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/scribus13312/ > > What's wrong with specifying PREFIX as /usr? > > Rich
AFAIK nothing. I just used the current directory. I leave it to others wiser than I to detail why one release needs to be in two different directories. I am not a developer. When I get to the point where the thing runs I lose interest. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm
