Re: How to install additional files in "make install"

[Poe]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> * Ralf Corsepius wrote on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:46:12AM CEST:
>> On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 19:32 -0700, Poe wrote:
>> > 
>> > I have a pre-built shared library (.so) that I want to distribute, and
>> when
>> > "make install" is executed I need it to be installed in the libdir
>> along
>> > with libraries that are built during the make process.
> 
>> dist_lib_DATA = libxxx.so
> 
> That won't get the right (execute) permissions of libxxx.so, and
> automake complains
> | Makefile.am:1: `libdir' is not a legitimate directory for `DATA'
> 
> A workaround is to
>   mylibdir = $(libdir)
>   dist_mylib_SCRIPTS = libxxx.so
> 
> Cheers,
> Ralf
> 
> 
> 
> 

Thanks! That SCRIPTS method worked great.

Cheers,
Paul
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