# relocating the binaries 2 messages from 2007-03-20 to 2007-03-20. Participants: Yakov Lerner, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7327 ## Yakov Lerner, 2007-03-20 07:12 Subject: relocating the binaries Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/f36b08ee0703200012o6f479defs6a8edc8fb1179b8c%40mail.gmail.com ``` Let's say the git binaries were built with prefix=/usr/local. I wanto to copy them (relocate) to other machine under $HOME/run. WHich env.var. do I set to tell the git binaries that it's new prefix is $HOME/run ? nb: i'm not talking about rebuild. Thanks Yakov ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2007-03-20 07:45 Subject: Re: relocating the binaries Message-ID: <7v8xds9x4u.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v8xds9x4u.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: ``` "Yakov Lerner" writes: > Let's say the git binaries were built with prefix=/usr/local. > I wanto to copy them (relocate) to other machine under > $HOME/run. WHich env.var. do I set to tell the git binaries that > it's new prefix is $HOME/run ? nb: i'm not talking about rebuild. See INSTALL. - You can use git after building but without installing if you wanted to. Various git commands need to find other git commands and scripts to do their work, so you would need to arrange a few environment variables to tell them that their friends will be found in your built source area instead of at their standard installation area. Something like this works for me: GIT_EXEC_PATH=`pwd` PATH=`pwd`:$PATH GITPERLLIB=`pwd`/perl/blib/lib export GIT_EXEC_PATH PATH GITPERLLIB GIT_EXEC_PATH won't be `pwd` but wherever you will take git-* binaries to; adjust GITPERLLIB too accordingly. ```