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--- build:install [2017/05/23 12:04] – created Matthieu Verstraete
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-Installing abinit is completely standardized, following linux package conventions. The installation will happen in a reference install directory, which by default is /usr/local/. Running <blockquote>make install</blockquote> will put the binary executables in a bin/ subdirectory, the documentation and test files in doc/ and so on.
+Installing abinit is completely standardized, following linux package conventions as <code>make install</code>.  Running <code>make install</code> will put the binary executables in a bin/ subdirectory, the documentation and test files in doc/ and so on.
-If you wish to choose your own installation directory, re-run <blockquote>configure --prefix=<your chosen install point></blockquote>, then make, and then make install.
+The installation will happen in a reference install directory, which by default is /usr/local/. If you wish to choose your own installation directory, re-run <code>configure --prefix=<your chosen install point></code>, then <code>make</code>, and then <code>make install</code>. This allows access to the code for many users on a cluster, or the installation of several versions of abinit if necessary.