﻿id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,resolution,keywords,cc,merged,author,reviewer,upstream,work_issues,branch,commit,dependencies,stopgaps 21495,"Long-term task ticket: Support ""make install"" of the Sage distribution",mkoeppe,,"#21479 makes SAGE_LOCAL configurable by ""./configure --prefix=SAGE_LOCAL"". The default is the ""local"" subdirectory of the sage source tree (or the separate sage build tree, if using a VPATH configuration - #21469). On this task ticket, let's organize the steps necessary to support ""make install"" that is separate from ""make"". - Step 1: Autotoolize ALL packages, so that they support [https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Staged-Installs.html staged installs using DESTDIR] - Step 2: ... - Step 3: Have packages install into staging hierarchy and have make install copy the staged stuff to the prefix hierarchy. Easy! ;) The comments section of this ticket is also a place for philosophical discussions regarding the nature of build and install directories, etc. ",task,new,major,sage-wishlist,build,,,dimpase felixs jdemeyer mmezzarobba,,,,N/A,,,,,