Make install but not to default directories

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I want to run  make install  so I have everything I need  but I d like it to install the things in their own folder as opposed to the system s  usr bin etc  is that possible  even if it references tools in the  usr bin etc

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Since don t know which version of automake you can use DESTDIR environment variable  See Makefile to be sure   For example    export DESTDIR   HOME Software LocalInstall   amp  amp  make -j4 install

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If the package provides a Makefile PL - one can use   perl Makefile PL PREFIX  home my local lib LIB  home my local lib make make test make install     further explanation  https   www perlmonks org  node id 564720

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I tried the above solutions  None worked   In the end I opened Makefile file and manually changed prefix path to desired installation path like below   PREFIX     installation path    When I tried --prefix   make  complained that there is not such command input  However  perhaps some packages accepts --prefix which is of course a cleaner solution

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try using INSTALL ROOT   make install INSTALL ROOT  INSTALL DIRECTORY

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make DESTDIR   new customized path install   This quick command worked for me for opencv release 3 2 0 installation on Ubuntu 16  DESTDIR path can be relative as well as absolute   Such redirection can also be useful in case user does not have admin privileges as long as DESTDIR location has right access for the user  e g  home

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It could be dependent upon what is supported by the module you are trying to compile  If your makefile is generated by using autotools  use   --prefix  lt myinstalldir gt   when running the   configure  some packages allow you to also override when running   make prefix  lt myinstalldir gt    however  if your not using   configure  only way to know for sure is to open up the makefile and check  It should be one of the first few variables at the top

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It depends on the package  If the Makefile is generated by GNU autotools    configure  you can usually set the target location like so     configure --prefix  somewhere else than usr local   If the Makefile is not generated by autotools  but distributed along with the software  simply open it up in an editor and change it  The install target directory is probably defined in a variable somewhere

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