Re: Simplifying package installation.

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel gnu org>]

>     - regular GNU packages are considered to work with
> 	--prefix=$HOME/$PACKAGE.  You've only to tell the user to do:
> 
> 	  PATH=$HOME/$PACKAGE/bin:$PATH
> 
> 	I admit, the GNOME packages are not fool-proofed all the time;
> 	that's why SuSE Linux fails from time to time: --prefix=/opt/gnome
> 	lacks general testing ;)

This is very strange.  besides the topic we have been discussing today
in g-h, all applications use the prefix.

Ie, I run GNOME myself in /gnome on my laptop and in /opt/gnome at
work.

best wishes,
Miguel.