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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc | 1 |
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@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ build and install the toolkit into prefixed path like: $ make PREFIX=<path-prefix-for-package> $ make PREFIX=<path-prefix-for-package> install +Additionally to setting the PREFIX you can set DESTDIR if you want to install +the toolkit outside of your current root filesystem but into an alternative +path. This is particularly useful when cross-compiling because most likely +you want to install into a dedicated sandbox or into a mounted root filesystem +for the target architecture and not into the build hosts root filesystem. + + $ make PREFIX=<path-prefix-for-package> DESTDIR=<alternative-rootfs> install + Thanks for maintaining netsniff-ng in your distribution. Further questions will be answered on the public mailing list. @@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ help: $(Q)echo " DEBUG=1 / DISTRO=1 - Enable debugging / Build for distros" $(Q)echo " HARDENING=1 - Enable GCC hardening of executables" $(Q)echo " PREFIX=/path - Install path prefix" + $(Q)echo " DESTDIR=/path - Alternative install destination path" $(Q)echo " CROSS_COMPILE=/path-prefix - Kernel-like cross-compiling prefix" $(Q)echo " CROSS_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path - Library search path for cross-compiling" $(Q)echo " CC=cgcc - Use sparse compiler wrapper" |