Hi, On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 01:04:10PM -0700, Shaun Jackman wrote: > Most open-source software after `./configure && make install` install > libraries into $prefix/lib, not $prefix/lib64. I installed 139 open > source packages on this system, and only four packages installed > libraries in lib64: gcc, git, libffi and r. To have a system with a > consistent directory structure, I'd rather modify those four packages > that use lib64 to use lib, rather than modify 135 packages to use > lib64. You can pass --libdir to configure; you don't need to modify the packages. A.