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| author | Daniel Patterson <me@danielpatterson.dev> | 2022-03-02 03:38:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> | 2022-03-03 21:31:32 +0100 |
| commit | 0cfffaef5409f99bbc4140b97b769a400b7467f8 (patch) | |
| tree | c37b8a4257eb1a9dd58873871dc355043c17b4c8 /README.md | |
| parent | 7e6c0d2e6e8c37844289a9b215df29708c580bf2 (diff) | |
| download | aerc-0cfffaef5409f99bbc4140b97b769a400b7467f8.tar.gz aerc-0cfffaef5409f99bbc4140b97b769a400b7467f8.zip | |
config: specify sharedir during build
We should use the Makefile value of SHAREDIR when searching for config
files and templates etc.
This is important for systems which do not use the standard file
hierarchy or which do not have a consistent location for installing
program files, for example NixOS, which will have a different install
location with every update.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Patterson <me@danielpatterson.dev>
Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
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@@ -64,6 +64,25 @@ To install aerc locally: # make install +By default, aerc will install config files to directories under `/usr/local/aerc`, +and will search for templates and stylesets in these locations in order: + +- `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/aerc` +- `${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/aerc` +- `/usr/local/share/aerc` +- `/usr/share/aerc` + +At build time it is possible to add an extra location to this list and to use +that location as the default install location for config files by setting the +`PREFIX` option like so: + + # make PREFIX=/custom/location + # make install PREFIX=/custom/location + +This will install templates and other config files to `/custom/location/share/aerc`, +and man pages to `/custom/location/share/man`. This extra location will have lower +priority than the XDG locations but higher than the fixed paths. + ## Contribution Quick Start Anyone can contribute to aerc. First you need to clone the repository and build |