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   ./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:
+An alternative is presented in section 6. Use it if you intent to compile from yourself many packages.
- ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/usr
 Pay attention to the configure summary at the end (See chapter 1), install missing required packages if any.
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 == 6. Managing your own program hierarchy  (the LFS way) ==
-LFS stands for "Linux From Scratch". If you want your own set of programs, a few commands in your .profile will help:
+LFS stands for "Linux From Scratch". If you intend to compile for yourself a lot of utilities, you may use a specific "usr" hierachy into your own dir. Go back to step 2, and configure octave as:
+ ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/usr
+The other steps (make; make install) do not change. In order to use your own hierachy, you should set a few environment variables in your .profile:
    # set LD_LIBRARY_PATH if not set
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          (echo $PATH | grep -q $HOME/usr/bin) || export PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/usr/bin:$HOME/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
    fi
-   # export MANPATH="$MANPATH:/usr/local/teTeX/man"
    # set MANPATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
    if [ -d "$HOME/usr/share/man" ] ; then
      (echo $MANPATH | grep -q $HOME/usr/share/man) || export MANPATH="$HOME/usr/local/share/man:$HOME/usr/share/man:`manpath -q`"
    fi
    if [ -d "$HOME/usr/share/info" ]; then
      export INFOPATH="$INFOPATH:$HOME/usr/share/info"
    fi
    if [ -d "$HOME/usr/lib/python" ]; then
      (echo $PYTHONPATH | grep -q $HOME/usr/lib/python) || export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/usr/local/lib/python:$HOME/usr/lib/python"
    fi
    if [ -d "$HOME/usr/lib/pkgconfig" ]; then
      (echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH | grep -q $HOME/usr/lib/pkgconfig) || export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/usr/lib/pkgconfig"