Install new version (2.1.10) to completely different location

[John Dennis]

On 05/11/2011 12:04 PM, Gary Gatten wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> I’m wanting to upgrade to 2.1.10, however, I want to install **all**
> files to a different location so I don’t overwrite **any** 2.1.6
> production files. Once I’ve validated operation on 2.1.10 I’ll install
> it to it’s normal location.
>
> So, if I specify –prefix=/devel/; will this work OK for what I’m wanting
> – or do I need to take other actions as well, such as:
> --with-radacctdir= and --with-raddbdir=, etc.?

The preferred mechanism is to specify DESTDIR, every installed 
file/directory is then created in it's "normal" location, but hung under 
a DESTDIR root. You can either:

export DESTDIR=/devel

or

make install R=/devel

-- 
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