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authorDmitrij D. Czarkoff <czarkoff@gmail.com>2015-12-25 15:29:12 +0100
committerDmitrij D. Czarkoff <czarkoff@gmail.com>2015-12-25 15:29:12 +0100
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Make installation locations more configurable
This might be desired when platform has its own, custom layout (eg. OpenBSD or Solaris), or when user wants to install the program to his home directory.
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$ make
# make install
+Macro `PREFIX` controls installation prefix. If more control over installation
+paths is required, macros `BINPREFIX`, `MANPREFIX` and `DATAPREFIX` are
+available. Eg. to install `imv` to home directory, run:
+
+ $ BINPREFIX=~/bin PREFIX=~/.local make install
+
Tests
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