pre-installation configuration
Set an Enviroment variable to resolve the prefix destination.
If Gnome is your desktop of choice:
export GNOME_PREFIX=/usr
If you want to try-out Gnome:
export GNOME_PREFIX=/opt/gnome-2.2
The try-out group will also need to make all the following
configuration changes:
Add to your system or personal profile:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gnome-2.2/bin
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/gnome-2.2/lib/pkgconfig
export GNOME_LIBCONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib
Add to your /etc/ld.so.conf:
cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
# Begin gnome addition to /etc/ld.so.conf
/opt/gnome-2.2/lib
# End gnome addition
EOF
Add to your /etc/man.conf:
cat >> /etc/man.conf << "EOF"
# Begin gnome addition to man.conf
MANPATH /opt/gnome-2.2/man
# END gnome addition to man.conf
EOF