2009/1/6 Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> > Lars Sadau <lars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > i'm a brand-new git user. Just one minute ago I wanted to install git in > > my home directory. The INSTALL file says type simply "make install", but > > the makefile does a global installation. > > I was going to write: > > Either run ./configure --prefix=$HOME/wherever/you/want or edit the > prefix variable in config.mak. > > but then realized that prefix is set to $(HOME) by default. Are you > sure you didn't edit the Makefile or run any sort of ./configure > before "make install" ? Or run 'make' as root, as well as 'make install'? Mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html