-The default installation directory is /usr/local. For using the
-package in-place, the --prefix option can be omitted.
-
-This will figure out what platform you're running on, and a couple of
-other interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then fill in the
-Makefile.in template to give you a real Makefile. If you're of a
-paranoid persuasion, you might want to take a look at this Makefile to
-see if the information is correct.