Basic installation ------------------ To install this package you need to first decide yourself where you want to install it. By default the package will install in ${prefix}/share/WindowMaker with ${prefix} defaulting to /usr/local To accomplish this simply type: ./configure make install and you're done. (Don't forget to become root before doing "make install"). If you want to use other path then you should do the following: ./configure --prefix=/your/path make install Of course replace /your/path with the actual path where you want it to install. And obviously become root before "make install", if the path is a system path and not writable by you as user. For example if you want to install them in /usr instead of /usr/local do: ./configure --prefix=/usr [become root] make install and it will go to /usr/share/WindowMaker Advanced installation topics ---------------------------- To have a better control over the installation path you can use --datadir option instead of --prefix when you configure. If not specified ${datadir} is same as ${prefix}/share. If you specify --datadir, the path to install will be: ${datadir}/WindowMaker, and the --prefix setting will no longer have any meaning. Also there is another option that lets you control where the icons will be installed. By default they are installed only for the use of WindowMaker, in ${datadir}/WindowMaker/Icons. If you want them to be placed in another path, presumably in a public place where icons stay on your system, you can use --with-iconsdir=PATH option when you configure. For example this will install the extra package like default, except icons will be placed in a public place (/usr/local/share/pixmaps): ./configure --with-iconsdir=/usr/local/share/pixmaps make install Here's another example how to install it only for your personal use (no root priviledges are required for this case): ./configure --datadir=~/GNUstep/Library --with-iconsdir=~/GNUstep/Library/Icons make install which will put icons in ~/GNUstep/Library/Icons, and the rest in ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker.