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From: Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing outside of Portage & cruft removal
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:48:28
Message-Id: 200902162148.21576.dirk.heinrichs@online.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing outside of Portage & cruft removal by Nikos Chantziaras
1 Am Montag, 16. Februar 2009 21:40:19 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
2 > Grant wrote:
3 > > I thought running something like '.configure --prefix=/usr/local &&
4 > > make && make install' could still install files outside of /usr/local.
5 > > No?
6 >
7 > That's true, it can. But *usually* it doesn't.
8
9 No, it can't. You have to tell it to so explicitely. Otherwise it wouldn't be
10 possible to install software as unprivileged user.
11
12 Bye...
13
14 Dirk

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