From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Stemplinger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Installation Question Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:02:52 +0100 Organization: Akademisches Sinfonie-Orchester Muenchen Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071173043 5188 80.91.224.253 (11 Dec 2003 20:04:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:04:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 11 21:04:00 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUX2W-00032y-00 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:04:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AUXz4-00008u-Hl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:04:30 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!d3c6f.d.pppool.DE!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: d3c6f.d.pppool.de (80.184.60.111) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1071172803 1312191 80.184.60.111 ([177771]) X-URL: http://www.aso-muenchen.de X-Attribution: Martin Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8CFP+TJfq1Yt5BjiB9ufS60QBhs= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119233 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15171 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15171 On Don Dez 11 2003 at 19:35, exits funnel wrote: > The result > seems to be that the new version is resting in > /usr/local/bin but /usr/bin which is first in my path > so when I try to run emacs I'm still getting the old > one. /usr/local is the default location for local software installation which is not part of the distribution. You can change the installation location with the command line switches --prefix and --exec-prefix for configure. ./configure --help tells you more. HTH Martin -- Remove NOSPAM to reply by mail