[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Installing Freeciv 1.9.0 (PR#235)

[Jeff Mallatt <jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, Terry is correct.  The option should be passed to ./configure.

Looking at the text in the INSTALL file, I see that, though it is correct,
it is probably somewhat confusing:

  Typing "make install" should install everything correctly on
  your machine.  You may like to use the --prefix=DIR configure option
  to ensure the files get placed where you want.

You can use "./configure --help" to get some information about
./configure's options.

Anyway, you need to do:

./configure --prefix=/opt/freeciv
make
make install


At 2000/01/23 11:52 , Terry Warner wrote:
>
>Hi Keith,
>
>You might want to try ./configure --prefix=/opt/freeciv before you make it
>and make install. I haven't read the readme yet, but that is usually he
>best option. Try it and see how it works
>
>-Terry
>
>
>On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Keith Rhodes wrote:
>
>> I downloaded version 1.9.0 from the ftp site yesterday, and
>> compiled it this morning.
>> 
>> I wanted to install it under /opt. So, I followed the
>> instructions in the README file, but I got no joy...
>> 
>> $ make install --prefix=/opt/freeciv
>> make: unrecognized option `--prefix=/opt/freeciv'
>> 
>> ]$ make -v
>> GNU Make version 3.77, by Richard Stallman and Roland
>> McGrath.
>> Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98
>>         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> This is free software; see the source for copying
>> conditions.
>> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
>> FITNESS FOR A
>> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>> 
>> So, I've got one of the right versions of make, yet it won't
>> accept this option.
>> 
>> Oh well, I suppose I can live with freeciv elsewhere, but I
>> would have liked to have been able to keep it on my /opt
>> partition, along with most other applications.
>> 
>> 
>> Keith Rhodes, ardent Freeciv player.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>======================= [Terry Warner] =========================
>Games Project Manager - Linux.com                keerf@xxxxxxxxx
>================================================================
> 
jjm