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== 6. Managing your own program hierarchy (the LFS way) ==
== 6. Managing your own program hierarchy (optional) ==
LFS stands for "Linux From Scratch". If you intend to compile for yourself a lot of utilities, you may use a specific "usr" hierachy into your own dir. Go back to step 2, and configure octave as:
If you intend to compile for yourself a lot of utilities, you may use a specific "usr" hierachy into your own dir (Linux from scratch way). Go back to step 2, and configure octave as:


  ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/usr
  ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/usr
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This way, most ordinary commands like "man octave", "info octave", or launching octave itself, will first explore your own hierachy.
This way, most ordinary commands like "man octave", "info octave", or launching octave itself, will first explore your own hierachy.


== Uninstall ==
== Uninstall ==
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