Re: Newbie: Installing some binaries and other files in /usr/X11R6 by default
Hi, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 09:28:37AM CET: I started reading about GNU Autotools yesterday morning. Still, I've been able to convert my project to use autconf and automake. But I need to install my binaries in the directory tree of the X server, and I couldn't find out how to do it. Is it possible? ./configure --prefix=/usr/X11R6 and maybe also add --sysconfdir and other directory options to match your desired installation. ./configure --help has more information, the `INSTALL' file even more. I would warn against overwriting system files though, unless you really know what you're doing. Modern unices have packaging systems. :-) Cheers, Ralf
Re: specifying target directories in non-recursive automake
Hi John, * John Darrington wrote on Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 03:42:37AM CET: I've been trying to convert a rather largish automake controlled project from a recursive style build system, to a non-recursive one. I was rather suprised to see that automake decides to put all the object files in the root directory; not only ugly, but destroys the namespaces afforded by each directory. Read up on the Automake option subdir-objects in the documentation. To specify per-package like this: AC_INIT([foo-package], [1.23], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects ...]) or per-Makefile.am in `AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = ...'. I prefer the first usually. Cheers, Ralf
