# Is it possible to build `git` such that the install directory and the deployment prefix is not the same? 3 messages from 2015-11-28 to 2015-11-28. Participants: Henry Qin, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/40905 ## Henry Qin, 2015-11-28 07:19 Subject: Is it possible to build `git` such that the install directory and the deployment prefix is not the same? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAO8bsPDQ2BX1U0D9%3Dpa99_nkEeRWzuN6QzsMw%2B2u0GPqO6M9kw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Dear Git developers, I've looked around the online forums and also asked this question on Stackoverflow, but have not gotten an answer. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33901216/is-it-possible-to-build-git-such-that-the-install-directory-and-the-deployment Here is the question, copied below for your convenience: """ I am attempting to build git from source, and I would like make install to put the binaries into a directory called dist in my source directory, so I use the following configure line. ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist Unfortunately, this also causes the build output to assume that this is the final install location for git, and therefore hardcode the path into various scripts and binaries such as libexec/git-core/git-difftool. Is there a way to specify during either configure or make that I want a different path for actual deployment, such as /usr/bin/local, but still have make install go into the directory pwd/dist? """ Thanks, ~Henry ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2015-11-28 07:54 Subject: Re: Is it possible to build `git` such that the install directory and the deployment prefix is not the same? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqmvty8soc.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Henry Qin writes: > Here is the question, copied below for your convenience: > > """ > I am attempting to build git from source, and I would like make > install to put the binaries into a directory called dist in my source > directory, so I use the following configure line. > > ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist You probably want to use DESTDIR instead, e.g. $ make prefix=/usr/local DESTDIR=/var/tmp/dest The standard way to phrase your question is "how do I 'make install' to install to a fake location so that I can tar up the result into a tarball?" (the key part being "so that..."), I think. ``` ## Henry Qin, 2015-11-28 07:58 Subject: Re: Is it possible to build `git` such that the install directory and the deployment prefix is not the same? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAO8bsPB98QRDRRftHNvLYafB-_EA_sbLMmB5SxxEjY%2BuRhKKCg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Thanks a lot, Junio and Dennis! ~Henry On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 11:47 PM, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: > On vr, 2015-11-27 at 23:19 -0800, Henry Qin wrote: > >> Is there a way to specify during either configure or make that I want >> a different path for actual deployment, such as /usr/bin/local, but > > There is, using the DESTDIR variable: > > make PREFIX=/usr/local > DESTDIR=$(PWD)/dist make install > -- > Dennis Kaarsemaker > www.kaarsemaker.net > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 11:54 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Henry Qin writes: > >> Here is the question, copied below for your convenience: >> >> """ >> I am attempting to build git from source, and I would like make >> install to put the binaries into a directory called dist in my source >> directory, so I use the following configure line. >> >> ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist > > You probably want to use DESTDIR instead, e.g. > > $ make prefix=/usr/local DESTDIR=/var/tmp/dest > > The standard way to phrase your question is "how do I 'make install' > to install to a fake location so that I can tar up the result into a > tarball?" (the key part being "so that..."), I think. > ```