[mythtv-users] Where does mythtv get the prefix for /usr or /usr/local from?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/16/2006 09:56 AM, Lee McLaren wrote:
> I have compiled Mythtv .20 from svn, all works fine but I need to put it
> in /usr instead of /usr/local as my original system is Knoppmyth and
> would like to keep the option of upgrading later.
> I have ./configure --prefix=/usr but when ever I run mythfrontend it
> shows at the start its using /usr/local and I have to have the themes
> etc in /usr/local/share for it to work.
>
> Any suggestions, I have recompiled 5 times now and even re downloaded
> the src and recompiled and it isnt helping.
Uninstall the /usr/local one to use the /usr one.  Your PATH has 
/usr/local before /usr, but even changing the path, trying to have two 
different versions installed is not a good idea because of the 
possibility of loading the wrong libraries.  If you really need the 
ability to have two versions of the same package installed, you should 
use GNU Stow - http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/, but for that to work, 
KnoppMyth would have had to install the original with Stow...

Mike