autotools --prefix ignored?

autotools --prefix ignored?

[Adam Rossi]

Hi folks. I have tried a number of different ways to control the
installation location of an auto tools-based project. From the command
line I would run:

./bootstrap
./configure --prefix=/opt/myfolder
make
make install

In my recipe I tried a number of ways to keep the binary out of
/usr/bin, but none seem to work. Relevant parts of the recipe:

inherit autotools
EXTRA_OECONF = "--prefix=${D}/opt/myfolder"

The above is ignored, auto tools puts the results in /usr/bin

I also tried to override the do configure:

do_configure() {
        oe_runconf --prefix=${D}/opt/myfolder
}

But I get complaints that the configure script is not found. I realize
I am trying to swim upstream by controlling this location, but the
heart wants what the heart wants. Any ideas?

Re: autotools --prefix ignored?

[Khem Raj]

> On Aug 7, 2015, at 7:28 AM, Adam Rossi <ac.rossi@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks. I have tried a number of different ways to control the
> installation location of an auto tools-based project. From the command
> line I would run:
> 
> ./bootstrap
> ./configure --prefix=/opt/myfolder
> make
> make install
> 
> In my recipe I tried a number of ways to keep the binary out of
> /usr/bin, but none seem to work. Relevant parts of the recipe:
> 
> inherit autotools
> EXTRA_OECONF = "--prefix=${D}/opt/myfolder”

you should look into the build scripts run.do_configure for this recipe
and see if its honoring your —prefix and ${D} in there is wrong since this
is the prefix you want it to appear in on target which usually is relative to /
> 
> The above is ignored, auto tools puts the results in /usr/bin
> 
> I also tried to override the do configure:
> 
> do_configure() {
>        oe_runconf --prefix=${D}/opt/myfolder
> }
> 
> But I get complaints that the configure script is not found. I realize
> I am trying to swim upstream by controlling this location, but the
> heart wants what the heart wants. Any ideas?
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Re: autotools --prefix ignored?

[Burton, Ross]

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On 7 August 2015 at 15:28, Adam Rossi <ac.rossi@gmail.com> wrote:

> inherit autotools
> EXTRA_OECONF = "--prefix=${D}/opt/myfolder"
>
> The above is ignored, auto tools puts the results in /usr/bin
>

Autotools already passes --prefix so you should probably just set prefix in
the recipe instead.  Also don't use ${D}.

inherit autotools
prefix=/opt/myfolder

Ross

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Re: autotools --prefix ignored?

[Adam Rossi]

Perfection! Thanks Ross!

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton@intel.com> wrote:
>
> On 7 August 2015 at 15:28, Adam Rossi <ac.rossi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> inherit autotools
>> EXTRA_OECONF = "--prefix=${D}/opt/myfolder"
>>
>> The above is ignored, auto tools puts the results in /usr/bin
>
>
> Autotools already passes --prefix so you should probably just set prefix in
> the recipe instead.  Also don't use ${D}.
>
> inherit autotools
> prefix=/opt/myfolder
>
> Ross