[lug] configure && make && make install

[Michael J. Hammel]

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 23:51, Jeff Schroeder wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Like any good open-source guy, I do a lot of "rolling my own" 
> software... which means I'm always downloading source and compiling it 
> myself.  The issue I run into time and again is how to install 
> everything, then save it off in an archive so I can re-install it on 
> another (identical, or nearly so) box without having to re-compile it.
> 
> So I do the standard
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && make

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/packagename && make

That makes it easier to find the package after install.  Then you just
need to add /usr/local/packagename/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and rerun
ldconfig to pick up the libs.  The binaries under
/usr/local/packagename/bin can by symlinked to /usr/local/bin or the
directory can be added to your path.  If you need the headers in another
package you can link them under /usr/local/include or handle it with the
other packages --with-include options (or something similar).

This exactly how I manage rolling my own.

-- 
Michael J. Hammel <mjhammel at graphics-muse.org>
Graphics Muse