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Guido's changes to make /usr/local the default install location.

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<li> Note that the <tt>./configure</tt> step above is not needed for releases &lt;=5.1-18. For releases &gt;=5.19, <tt>./configure</tt>
<li> Note that the <tt>./configure</tt> step above is not possible for releases &lt;=5.1-18, you
have to edit the Makefile by hand to change installation paths. For releases &gt;=5.19, <tt>./configure</tt>
can take optional arguments. These optional arguments are fully explained in the
<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/smartmontools/sm5/INSTALL?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">INSTALL</a>
file. Some common choices are:
<ul>
<li> Red Hat (install in <tt>/usr</tt> and <tt>/etc</tt>): <tt>./configure</tt></li>
<li> Slackware (install in <tt>/usr</tt> and <tt>/etc</tt>): <tt>./configure</tt></li>
<li> Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (installs in <tt>/usr/local</tt>): <tt>./configure --prefix=/usr/local</tt></li>
<li> Debian (installs in <tt>/usr/local</tt>): <tt>./configure --prefix=/usr/local</tt></li>
</ul>
file. The most important one is <tt>--prefix</tt> to change the default installation directories.<p>
<i>Please note that the default installtion location changed in versions &gt;=5.31.</i>
If you don't pass any arguments to <tt>./configure</tt> all files will reside under
<i>/usr/local</i> to not interfere with files from your distribution. For more detailed
information please also refer to the
<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/smartmontools/sm5/INSTALL?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">INSTALL</a>
document.
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<li>To compile from another directory (avoids overwriting virgin files from the smartmontools package)
replace <tt>./configure [options]</tt> by:
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