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diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL b/release_docs/INSTALL index be33f35..c3c715c 100644 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL +++ b/release_docs/INSTALL @@ -491,6 +491,15 @@ $ INSTALL="$PWD/bin/install-sh -c" ./configure ... $ make install + If you want to install HDF5 in a location other than the location + specified by the `--prefix=DIR' flag during configuration (or + instead of the default location, `/usr/local'), you can do that + by issuing the command: + + $ make install prefix=NEW_DIR + + where NEW_DIR is the new directory you wish to install HDF5. + The library can be used without installing it by pointing the compiler at the `src' directory for both include files and libraries. However, the minimum which must be installed to make |