'Installing glib in non-standard prefix fails

I'm trying to install glib in a non-standard prefix but I get the following when running make install:

/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libgthread-2.0.la '/root/build/lib'
libtool: install: error: cannot install `libgthread-2.0.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/local/lib

Any reason why I have to install gthread only in a prefix ending with /usr/local/lib?

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Solution 1:[1]

I also just stumbled over that problem when compiling MonetDB on my Linux machine. Here is the solution/workaround that worked for me: Always make clean after ./configure.

In your example you should be able to do:

./configure --prefix=/root/build && make clean && make && make install

I found the solution in a discussion on an apache httpd bug where Joe Orton shares his knowledge:

A "make clean" is usually necessary after re-running "configure".

Solution 2:[2]

Using:

make clean 
make distclean

Works for me.

Solution 3:[3]

The install path of a library can usually be customized rather than the default one under somewhere /usr/local/.

For some libraries, you should specify it with ./configure like this:

./configure --prefix=/the/new/install/path
make
make install

Others allow you to specify it when make install:

./configure
make
make install prefix=/the/new/install/path

You can try both. At least one should resolve your issue.

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Solution 2 Jean-François Fabre
Solution 3 z0gSh1u

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