Hello Thomas, On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 01:13:41PM +0100, Roesner Thomas wrote: > i want to configure my package without setting the --prefix option. By > default "make install" tries to copy libs and binaries to /usr/lib or > /usr/bin, but I need the files copied to ./bin and ./lib. > > Can anybody tell me wich variable must be set to `pwd` within the > configure.in? I use the following command: make DESTDIR=`pwd` install This is useful, e.g., while creating a package. However, this installs the files into ./usr/bin, etc. Does this suit your needs? I don't know how to do that from configure.in. With kind regards, Baurzhan. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf