gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf stable version 1.0.1-20070626 released!

[Stuart Brorson]

> Anyways ... since the geda/gaf stuff, by default, gets installed in
> my home directory, is there a recommended way to install it in /usr/
> local in the usual way?  ....

What I usually do is edit the top level Makefile, and change this line:

prefix?=$(HOME)/geda

to

prefix?=/usr/local/geda

Then I do the rest of the install as usual.

> I could have changed the install directory at
> build/configure time, but that requires building as root.

Well, if you want to put anything into a system directory, you need to
be root.

Stuart