Re: Mac OS X build reference?

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Richard Campbell <rlcamp.pdx <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Apple installs nothing into /usr/local/ on a vanilla machine, so anything
there is yours - it functions the
> same as /opt.
> 
> Other things, such as sed, flex, and pcre, are already present in /usr,
supplied by Apple, but not
> compatible with the Octave build process. If you install your versions in
/usr/local then the Apple
> versions will still take precedence and build will still fail. I recommend
overwriting them with
> --prefix=/usr, but if you wanted to preserve the Apple versions you could
install them to /usr/local (the
> default) or elsewhere, and manage the search order yourself.

I will try to preserve the Apple tools as such and put everything into /opt/ or
/usr/local.  I will let you know how it goes....

> Furthermore, if you want to remove something, sometimes 'sudo make uninstall'
works, otherwise you can
> try 'sudo make install' and then delete all the files with the new timestamp.

The former sounds ok, the latter pretty hack-ish.