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Default Prefix
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   By default, `configure' sets the prefix for files it installs to
`/usr/local'.  The user of `configure' can select a different prefix
using the `--prefix' and `--exec-prefix' options.  There are two ways
to change the default: when creating `configure', and when running it.

   Some software packages might want to install in a directory besides
`/usr/local' by default.  To accomplish that, use the
`AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT' macro.

 - Macro: AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT (PREFIX)
     Set the default installation prefix to PREFIX instead of
     `/usr/local'.

   It may be convenient for users to have `configure' guess the
installation prefix from the location of a related program that they
have already installed.  If you wish to do that, you can call
`AC_PREFIX_PROGRAM'.

 - Macro: AC_PREFIX_PROGRAM (PROGRAM)
     If the user did not specify an installation prefix (using the
     `--prefix' option), guess a value for it by looking for PROGRAM in
     `PATH', the way the shell does.  If PROGRAM is found, set the
     prefix to the parent of the directory containing PROGRAM;
     otherwise leave the prefix specified in `Makefile.in' unchanged.
     For example, if PROGRAM is `gcc' and the `PATH' contains
     `/usr/local/gnu/bin/gcc', set the prefix to `/usr/local/gnu'.