clarifications on changing the values of --prefix
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If the installation fails because the target directory cannot be
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If the installation fails because the target directory cannot be
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created, or because the target directory is not the one you
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created, or because the target directory is not the one you
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wanted, then you can run `configure' again with a new --prefix
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wanted, then you can try repeating step 3 after runing `configure'
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value, then try step 3 again. After changing the --prefix value,
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again with a new --prefix value. That is, sometimes it is not
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it is sometimes not necessary to repeat steps 1 or 2. (Try it and
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necessary to repeat steps 1 or 2 (so try it and find out). On
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find out...)
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other platforms and configurations, it is necessary to start with
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a clean build directory when changing the --prefix value, because
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the path gets wired into shared objects.
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If you build frequently from the Subversion-based sources, beware
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If you build frequently from the Subversion-based sources, beware
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that you may accumulate user- and version-specific information in
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that you may accumulate user- and version-specific information in
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