From 10fc979567d23480f5a3e1fb8437d1a0fdd53c0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Wellnhofer Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:24:16 +0100 Subject: Pass INSTALL_PREFIX to cmake This allows to install to a location other than /usr/local without invoking cmake manually. --- README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ca8246e..776d886 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ the repository to reduce build dependencies. If you have GNU make, you can simply `make`, `make test`, and `make install`. This calls [cmake] to create a `Makefile` in the `build` directory, then uses that `Makefile` to create the executable and -library. The binaries can be found in `build/src`. +library. The binaries can be found in `build/src`. The default +installation prefix is `/usr/local`. To change the installation +prefix, pass the `INSTALL_PREFIX` variable if you run `make` for the +first time: `make INSTALL_PREFIX=path`. For a more portable method, you can use [cmake] manually. [cmake] knows how to create build environments for many build systems. For example, -- cgit v1.2.3