Short gdb question.

Ryan Johnson ryan.johnson@cs.utoronto.ca
Fri May 4 14:47:00 GMT 2012


On 04/05/2012 8:39 AM, Reid Thompson wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 14:37 +0000, Reid Thompson wrote:
>> On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 00:45 -0700, eric_justin_allan@cfl.rr.com wrote:
>>> Alright if I download and compile it can I just mv gdb.exe into /bin
>>> and
>>> overwrite gdb.exe?
>>>
>> use
>> ./configure --prefix=/
>> make
>> make install
>>
>> and it should end up in the right place
>>
> I actually usually use
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
>
>
> and everything ends up in the correct place
I always put stuff like this in ~/apps/$APP_NAME-$VERSION and add the 
appropriate bits to PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH and MANPATH... then later when 
I decide to upgrade/change/revert it's a simple matter of changing 
environment veriables...

Ryan


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