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From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
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Subject: Re: Compiling Ports...
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On 1/5/06, Crispy Beef <crispy.beef@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Am trying to get my head around the ports system, specifically custom opt=
ions
> when compiling.  For example I would like to install apache 2.2 under it'=
s own
> dir in /usr/local, say /usr/local/apache22.  If I was rolling my own vers=
ion
> using the configure script I would do:
>
> ./configure prefix=3D"/usr/local/apache22"

I believe the default prefix can be changed, but I'm unclear as to why
you would want to change it. The port installs a package that you can
then remove easily with the pkg tools. Why would you want to do this?

Mike
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