./configure command

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On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 10:55:04AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> That was my point, exactly. I keep my system backed up. This is
> the *first* thing a newbie should learn. Before $ make install,
> before $ rpm -i, before you name it.
> 
> I also nearly always use --prefix, and install into my home
> directory, not to /usr/local. I've got a /home/jmccarty/usr/... tree.
> If anything goes bad, I just delete the directories altogether.
> There is NO UNINSTALL NEEDED.
> 
> Mike
It is enough to compile stuf as regular user and it will force you to use $HOME as prefix.