Installation Makefile Target ============================ # make install This command takes into account several environment variables: * PREFIX default: /usr * DESTDIR default: * BINDIR default: $(PREFIX)/bin * LIBDIR default: $(PREFIX)/lib * MANDIR default: $(PREFIX)/share/man * BASHCOMPDIR default: $(PREFIX)/share/bash-completion/completions * RUNSTATEDIR default: /var/run * PKG_CONFIG default: pkg-config * WITH_BASHCOMPLETION default: [auto-detect] The first section is rather standard. The second section is not: * WITH_BASHCOMPLETION decides whether or not bash completion files for the tools are installed. This is just a nice thing for people who have bash. If you don't have bash, or don't want this, set the environment variable to `no'. If you'd like to force its use, even if bash-completion isn't detected in DESTDIR, then set it to `yes'. If you're a simple `make && make install` kind of user, you can get away with not setting these variables and relying on the auto-detection. However, if you're writing a package for a distro, you'll want to explicitly set these, depending on what you want.