For most users the following should be sufficient: make make install DESTDIR="pkg" # install to ./pkg temporarily instead # of to /, installed files can then be # moved by root. Note however, `make install` will not run `install-info' to add the info manual to `info '(dir)'`. Distributors should postinstall and preuninstall commands: infodir="usr/share/info" post_install() { install-info -- "${infodir}/scrotty.info" "${infodir}/dir" } post_upgrade() { post_install "$1" } pre_uninstall() { install-info --delete -- "${infodir}/scrotty.info" "${infodir}/dir" } If you want to install absolutely everything, you can instead use the commands below: make everything make install-everything DESTDIR="pkg" Or if you only want to absolute basics: make base make install-base DESTDIR="pkg" ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── INTERNATIONALISATION ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you want to do not want internationalisation build and install with WITHOUT_GETTEXT=1. For example: make base WITHOUT_GETTEXT=1 make install-base WITHOUT_GETTEXT=1 DESTDIR="pkg" You can also chose to restrict the locales to install: make all LOCALES=sv make install LOCALES=sv DESTDIR="pkg" ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CUSTOMISED COMPILATION ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you do not have GCC, you may want to set WARN to an empty string: make WARN= The makefile is configured to compile the C code with -O2, you can change this by setting OPTIMISE: make OPTIMISE="-Og -g" If you want to build the package with another prefix the /usr, set PREFIX: make PREFIX=/usr/local See the beginning of the Makefile for further file system hierarchy customisations. These changes, including PREFIX, should be used both when compiling and installing. ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You can select freely what parts of the package to install and not to install. This rules are available: ┌─────────────┬─────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ COMPILATION │ INSTALLATION │ DESCRIPTION │ ├─────────────┼─────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ base │ install-base │ Install be basics: │ │ cmd │ install-cmd │ Install the scrotty command. │ │ │ install-copyright │ Install legal documents: │ │ │ install-copying │ Install copyright notice. │ │ │ install-license │ Install the GNU GPL version 3. │ │ doc │ install-doc │ Include all manuals: │ │ info │ install-info │ Include info manual. (Texinfo) │ │ dvi │ install-dvi │ Include DVI manual. (Texinfo) │ │ pdf │ install-pdf │ Include PDF manual. (Texinfo) │ │ ps │ install-ps │ Include PostScript manual. (Texinfo) │ │ html │ install-html │ Include multifile HTML manual. (Texinfo) │ │ │ install-man │ Include man page. │ │ locale │ install-locale │ Include locales. │ └─────────────┴─────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────┘ install, install-everything, install-base, and install-cmd, have alternatives that installs a stripped binary: install-strip, install-everything-strip, install-base-strip, and install-cmd-strip, respectively.