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; * INSTALL: Mention installation without root access (bug#70071).

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@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ sections if you need to.
where SOURCE-DIR is the top-level Emacs source directory.
2c. If you don't have write access to the default directory where
Emacs and its data files will be installed, specify an alternative
installation directory:
./configure --prefix=/SOME/OTHER/DIRECTORY
where /SOME/OTHER/DIRECTORY is a directory writeable by your user,
for example, a subdirectory of your home directory.
3. When 'configure' finishes, it prints several lines of details
about the system configuration. Read those details carefully
looking for anything suspicious, such as wrong CPU and operating
@ -440,6 +449,12 @@ should put emacs and its data files. This defaults to '/usr/local'.
(where CONFIGURATION is the configuration name, like
i686-pc-linux-gnu), unless the '--exec-prefix' option says otherwise.
If you don't have write access to the default '/usr/local' tree, and
cannot have root access (without which "make install" will fail),
specify '--prefix=PREFIXDIR' where PREFIXDIR is a directyory writeable
by your user, for example your HOME directory or some subdirectory of
it.
The '--exec-prefix=EXECDIR' option allows you to specify a separate
portion of the directory tree for installing architecture-specific
files, like executables and utility programs. If specified,