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Rubytastic
Rubytastic

Reputation: 15491

how to compile a server application to a certain destination ( has only Makefile )

To no avail I try to compile code to a certain distination. How to compile a server application to a certain destination ( has only Makefile ) ?

Tried:

make DESTDIR=/opt/mydeamon

But this fails

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (1)

Mattias Wadman
Mattias Wadman

Reputation: 11425

Make itself has no standard way of doing installations. If the installation is done using a Makefile it is up to the Makefile author to write rules for how make should do it.

But a common way it to provide a make install target and i think a common variable for specifying installation path is PREFIX.

Your should probably read some README or INSTALL file or even check the Makefile file for instructions if this is a source package that you have downloaded somewhere.

Upvotes: 1

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