On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 10:41:03AM -0400, Kevin Cozens wrote: > Anton Enright wrote: > > I've got a GIMP precompiled binary tarball that is supposed > > to be installed in /opt > > > > Because I do not have root access to my machine I've installed > > it in /space/opt. > [snip] > > Is there anyway to modify post-install the prefix directory that > > gimp looks for scripts plugins etc... > > Check for paths in the 'gimprc' file under the directory where you > installed GIMP plus in the users area under the .gimp-1.1 directory. > > In the main gimprc file there is a path called 'prefix' which is the > main one you need to modify. Changing the path should help but I do > not guarantee that this will make it fully operational but its worth > a shot. > > Alternatively, you could grab the source and compile it yourself. > This would allow you to specify any install path you liked. A handful of symlinks would probably fix it, too :) Tom -- -- Tom Rathborne tomr@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.aceldama.com/~tomr/ -- "We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears." -- -- Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld
