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prefix

prefix corresponds to the variable prefix for configure, which passes it on to the Makefile it creates. prefix sets the root installation directory for host-independent files as follows:

the directory path of the default database
prefix/com

site-wide configuration files
prefix/etc/gnats

man pages
prefix/man
info documents
prefix/info
include files
prefix/include
etc...

The default value for prefix is /usr/local, which can be changed on the command line to configure using

configure --prefix=prefix ...

See Configuring and compiling the software.