On Fri, 1 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How do I install software as a user? Most READMEs say I need root, which I
> doubt.
With a lot of software you can get away with the following:
first:
(assuming your home directory is /home/pistole)
add the following to your login scripts (assuming tcsh, of course ;)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /home/pistole/lib
setenv PATH ${PATH}:/home/pistole/bin
next:
for most software that uses GNU autoconf, run configure so:
./configure --prefix=/home/pistole
then make && make install as usual.
Some software will screw up the install, so you might have to edit the
makefile so that it attempts to install in the correct place.
RHP
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