On Sun, 3 May 2009 15:02:41 +0200
YoYo siska wrote:
>
> For packages that use autotools or a similar ./configure script which
> accepts --prefix (and the ebuild uses their make install and does not
> copy files itself...), you can always try:
>
> EXTRA_ECONF="--prefix=/opt/..." emerge package..
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 03:07:41PM -0400, Frank Peters wrote:
> Is there a way, aside from writing a custom ebuild script, of changing
> the install prefix for a package? What I want to do is install some
> packages under /usr/local or /opt rather than the default of /usr.
> Unless I am mistaken,
Frank Peters skribis:
> As I understand things, overlays could not be the answer because they
> are intended only for packages outside of the standard portage tree.
> I want to install some standard packages into an alternative location.
I use overlays to customize ebuilds sometimes; for instance
Frank Peters wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:29:00 -0400
> Drake Donahue wrote:
>
>>> perhaps you like to go with a prefixed portage:
>>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/
>>>
>> >From http://linuxreviews.org/gentoo/ebuilds/
>>
>> Make a folder where you will store your own ebuilds
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:29:00 -0400
Drake Donahue wrote:
> > >
> > perhaps you like to go with a prefixed portage:
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/
> >
> >From http://linuxreviews.org/gentoo/ebuilds/
>
> Make a folder where you will store your own ebuilds
>
> mkdir -p /usr
On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 21:09 +0200, Justin wrote:
> Frank Peters wrote:
> > Is there a way, aside from writing a custom ebuild script, of changing
> > the install prefix for a package? What I want to do is install some
> > packages under /usr/local or /opt rather than the default of /usr.
> > Unles
Frank Peters wrote:
> Is there a way, aside from writing a custom ebuild script, of changing
> the install prefix for a package? What I want to do is install some
> packages under /usr/local or /opt rather than the default of /usr.
> Unless I am mistaken, there does not seem to be a way of doing t
Is there a way, aside from writing a custom ebuild script, of changing
the install prefix for a package? What I want to do is install some
packages under /usr/local or /opt rather than the default of /usr.
Unless I am mistaken, there does not seem to be a way of doing this
with either portage vari
