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From: keith@sequoia.execu.com (Keith Pyle)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Alternative installation directories for X11R4
Message-ID: <32602@sequoia.execu.com>
Date: 20 Feb 91 17:09:43 GMT
Organization: Execucom Systems Corp
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I've just found myself responsible for installing X11R4 on a group of
DEC machines running Ultrix 4.1.  If the following is a frequently
asked question, please (gently) point me to the right source as I
haven't spotted anything about this in the past few days of news.

Is it possible/practical to install X11R4 somewhere other than in
the default directories of /usr/bin/X11 and /usr/lib/X11?  I would
prefer that both of these be in the /usr/local tree since this is
readily available across our DEC workstations.  The default means
more manipulations of mounts and links since I don't have the disk
space to put it on each and every one of them (nor would I!).  Are
there any negative aspects for X11 to using an alternate installation 
destination such as I mention?

I can see from Imake.tmpl that there are values such as DestDir,
UsrLibDir, and IncRoot, but there isn't any clear description of
them or whether this is a reasonable way to affect the change I
would like.  If this is The Way, is it sufficient to put the
appropriate defines in my .cf file?

Thanks.
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