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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:
prefix/com
prefix/etc/gnats
man
pages
prefix/man
info
documents
prefix/info
include
files
prefix/include
The default value for prefix is /usr/local
, which can
be changed on the command line to configure
using
configure --prefix=prefix ...