Re: suggestions

[Ian Lance Taylor]

carlos gutierrez <address@hidden> writes:

> Thanks for the software that your organization is providing.  My problem
> is that I'm not a "super_user" and I work for a big corporation.  When I
> try to compile/configure/make most of the software look for
> directories/files to which I do not have access to.  Big corporations
> require a lot of paper work and time to get something done, so I try to
> bypass the system whenever I can.  It would be nice if somehow the
> installation programs can have a choice such that if you are not
> super_user still you can install the software.

See the --prefix option.

Note that looking for directories and files which you do not have (as
opposed to installing into directories to which you do not have
access) is not necessarily a problem, if the configure script is
looking for directories and files which exist on some systems but not
others.

Ian