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

[Andy Peters]

On Jun 27, 2007, at 4:26 AM, Stuart Brorson wrote:

>> 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.

I was using the top-level Makefile, which builds everything and then  
installs in one shot.  I know I have to be root to install into /usr/ 
local!

I'll do as Peter suggests and build everything individually.

-a