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@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ the repository to reduce build dependencies. If you have GNU make, you can simply `make`, `make test`, and `make install`. This calls [cmake] to create a `Makefile` in the `build` directory, then uses that `Makefile` to create the executable and -library. The binaries can be found in `build/src`. +library. The binaries can be found in `build/src`. The default +installation prefix is `/usr/local`. To change the installation +prefix, pass the `INSTALL_PREFIX` variable if you run `make` for the +first time: `make INSTALL_PREFIX=path`. For a more portable method, you can use [cmake] manually. [cmake] knows how to create build environments for many build systems. For example, |