Reputation: 4155
I'm trying to install glib in a non-standard prefix but I get the following when running make install
:
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libgthread-2.0.la '/root/build/lib'
libtool: install: error: cannot install `libgthread-2.0.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/local/lib
Any reason why I have to install gthread only in a prefix ending with /usr/local/lib?
Upvotes: 39
Views: 16403
Reputation: 507
The install
path of a library can usually be customized rather than the default one under somewhere /usr/local/
.
For some libraries, you should specify it with ./configure
like this:
./configure --prefix=/the/new/install/path
make
make install
Others allow you to specify it when make install
:
./configure
make
make install prefix=/the/new/install/path
You can try both. At least one should resolve your issue.
Upvotes: -1
Reputation: 10824
I also just stumbled over that problem when compiling MonetDB on my Linux machine. Here is the solution/workaround that worked for me: Always make clean
after ./configure
.
In your example you should be able to do:
./configure --prefix=/root/build && make clean && make && make install
I found the solution in a discussion on an apache httpd bug where Joe Orton shares his knowledge:
A "make clean" is usually necessary after re-running "configure".
Upvotes: 73