Command explanations --localstatedir=/var/lib: This switch puts ScrollKeeper files in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper. : Change the default of no ssl support. --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. : Change the default to support LDAP if it is available. : Change the default to support GPG if 'GnuPG made easy' (GPGME) is installed.