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I'm building the source from a package called OIS.

The package always installs in usr/local/include/OIS

I tried using the ./configure --includedir=/usr/local/include flag but it seems that only changes the prefix not the suffix (OIS).

I could just copy the files but I'm not sure if this would break anything in the header files.

Can someone guide me where I could possibly edit so that when I run make install it would install in /usr/local/include and not /usr/local/include/OIS?

The reason I want to do this is because all the header files have "file.h" when in fact they're in "OIS/file.h". I would have to change this in all the header files so I want to change the install directory to avoid doing that, and in the future in case there's an update to the source.

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Or you could just pass -I to the compiler like you're supposed to... – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Nov 22 '10 at 7:20
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with the -I flag. Could you show me a link to the documentation so I can read more about it? – Tek Nov 22 '10 at 7:29
Why don't you just install it from the repository? – Dennis Williamson Nov 22 '10 at 7:32
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But normally the <package>-config script or <package>.pc file should direct the compiler as to what flags it should use. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Nov 22 '10 at 7:32
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Instead of specifying a different directory to install under as you ask, use the <package>-config script or <package>.pc pkgconfig data file to get the appropriate flags to pass to the compiler.

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