Command explanations --localstatedir=/var/lib: This switch puts ScrollKeeper files in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper. --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. : This will prevent the setgid bit on the executables from being set. It provides system administrator's with the option to disable setgid binaries, though it also means that the functionality to save high game scores will be disabled.