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How do I configure GNU libc so that the essential libraries like libc.so go into /lib and the other into /usr/lib?

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How do I configure GNU libc so that the essential libraries like libc.so go into /lib and the other into /usr/lib?

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{UD,AJ} Like all other GNU packages GNU libc is designed to use a base directory and install all files relative to this. The default is /usr/local, because this is safe (it will not damage the system if installed there). If you wish to install GNU libc as the primary C library on your system, set the base directory to /usr (i.e. run configure –prefix=/usr ). Note that this can damage your system; see question 2.3 for details. Some systems like Linux have a filesystem standard which makes a difference between essential libraries and others. Essential libraries are placed in /lib because this directory is required to be located on the same disk partition as /. The /usr subtree might be found on another partition/disk. If you configure for Linux with –prefix=/usr, then this will be done automatically. To install the essential libraries which come with GNU libc in /lib on systems other than Linux one must explicitly request it. Autoconf has no option for this so you have t