Am Montag, 16. Februar 2009 21:40:19 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
> Grant wrote:
> > I thought running something like '.configure --prefix=/usr/local &&
> > make && make install' could still install files outside of /usr/local.
> >  No?
>
> That's true, it can.  But *usually* it doesn't.

No, it can't. You have to tell it to so explicitely. Otherwise it wouldn't be 
possible to install software as unprivileged user.

Bye...

	Dirk