From: Mark Hubbart <discordantus@...>
Date: 2004-10-08T04:29:44+09:00
Subject: Re: compiling/installing ruby in a nonstandard directory

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 03:04:45 +0900, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov
<ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Mark Hubbart wrote:
> 
> > However, my main problem is that I want to be able to compile up some
> > packages without fubaring my system. I guess I'll have to figure out
> > some better way of setting this up; since It appears that there is no
> > way to do this while avoiding installing the binaries in their end
> > location. :/
> 
> perhaps
> 
>    configure --prefix=/somewhere
>    make
>    make prefix=/somewhere/else/ install

Well, I didn't know I could do that... I'm guessing that will make the
binaries relocatable?  I want to end up installing them in /usr/local,
but I want 'make install' to put them in ~/tmp/install.

> or are you talking ruby extentions?  if so something similar should work

Yes. I need to be able to link the ruby readline extension against the
readline library, which I would like to make/install in the same
manner. In fact, thar's the main problem I'm having. If it wasn't for
the linking difficulties, I'd have just skipped the install step and
pulled the binaries/libs out of the source dir once they were
compiled.

Thanks,
Mark

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