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<p>page created</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In your shell init file, set the following (for bash / zsh compatible shells):<br /> <br /> export LDFLAGS=&#039;-L/path/to/your/home/lib&#039;<br /> export CPPFLAGS=&#039;-I/path/to/your/home/include&#039;<br /> export PATH=&#039;/path/to/your/home:$PATH&#039;<br /> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/your/home/lib<br /> export LD_INCLUDE_PATH=/path/to/your/home/include<br /> <br /> Log out / in, so that the above takes effect.<br /> <br /> * Configure any dependencies with --prefix=/path/to/your/home, and make / make install as usual. They will be installed into your home directory (~/lib, ~/include, ~/bin)<br /> * Configure your desired software with --prefix=/path/to/your/home and make /make install as usual. It should pick up all your new libs / includes due to the environment variables.<br /> <br /> When you execute your new binaries, they will be able to find your userland libraries thanks to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.</div>

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