How to change the installation path of the binary and lib when building / compiling a package?

[vukitoso]

Hello.
After compilation via make and building of the package via checkinstall - binaries are located in /usr/local/bin/ and in /usr/local/lib/.
The goal is to place bin and lib files anywhere but in "/usr/local", for example just in "/usr".
Please tell me how to compile correctly so that the binaries and binaries are not in "/usr/local".
Thx.

[gustavo-iniguez-goya]

Hi @vebmaster ,

The installation path is hardcoded right now. The daemon can be placed anywhere, but the configuration files are expected to be found under /etc.

The service file also expects to find the daemon under /usr/local.

In order to install it in a different directory than /usr/local/ follow these steps:

1. Copy daemon/opensnitchd to /usr/bin/
2. Modify this path:

   opensnitch/daemon/opensnitchd.service

   Line 11 in 5e56e90

   ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/opensnitchd -rules-path /etc/opensnitchd/rules

   to point to /usr/bin/

The Makefile could be modified to personalize the install path:

ifeq ($(PREFIX),)
    PREFIX=/usr/local
endif

(...)

install:
        @mkdir -p /etc/opensnitchd/rules $(PREFIX)/bin/
        @cp opensnitchd $(PREFIX)/bin/
        (...)    

$ PREFIX=/usr make install

[vukitoso]

1. Copy daemon/opensnitchd to /usr/bin/

Thank you. I didn't understand this step.
Should this file be copied after I make "make"? Copy it manually?

[gustavo-iniguez-goya]

Yes, after typing "make" a new binary will be created under the daemon/ directory: opensnitchd. That's the file to copy to /usr/bin/