== Quote from Johannes Pfau (s...@example.com)'s article > dsimcha wrote: > >Is there an easy way to compile and install GDC + Phobos, druntime and > >a few custom libraries to your home directory on a machine that you > >don't have root access to? > I think you could just change the "--prefix=/opt/gdc" to > "--prefix=/home/dsimcha/gdc" and it should work. > Or you could use --prefix="/usr" and 'DESTDIR="/home/dsimcha" make > install', I never understood the difference between prefix and DESTDIR.
--prefix is hard coded into the application, DESTDIR is post installation (make installs ie: gdc to $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin). If installing in your home directory, you can get away with configuring with --prefix=/gdc and installing with DESTDIR=$HOME/apps - alter as needed. Regards Iain
