From e0c6d52afbb731c74b26bc65bde9acad2daac8be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Brian W. Mulligan" Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 19:06:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add comment to README giving instructions on how to install to a directory other than /usr/local --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 51d60e1e7..833274205 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ format to store user input files. Thanks to David Seifert (@SoapGentoo), we (the maintainers) now use [meson](http://mesonbuild.com/) and [ninja](https://ninja-build.org/) to build for debugging, as well as for continuous integration (see [`travis.sh`](travis.sh) ). Other systems may work, but minor things like version strings might break. First, install both meson (which requires Python3) and ninja. +If you wish to install to a directory other than /usr/local, set an environment variable called DESTDIR with the desired path: + DESTDIR=/path/to/install/dir Then,