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Now it's time to run ./configure with a prefix that points to a directory in your home directory. E.g., my username is ''maxpower'' and I want to install Octave to ''~/.octave38/'' | Now it's time to run ./configure with a prefix that points to a directory in your home directory. E.g., my username is ''maxpower'' and I want to install Octave to ''~/.octave38/'' | ||
./configure --prefix=/home/maxpower/.octave38/ | ./configure --prefix=/home/maxpower/.octave38/ | ||
Another way, if you intend to compile for yourself a lot of utilities, is to mirror the main /usr structure into your own dir: | |||
./configure --prefix=${HOME}/usr | |||
Pay attention to the configure summary at the end (See chapter 1). | Pay attention to the configure summary at the end (See chapter 1). | ||
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