Configuring install path: prefix=[PREFIX] not fully understood

Question

I think this is simply a general c++ question:

I\'m attempting to compile a local version of ffmpeg on Linux Fedora using the gnu c++ compiler. I have source code in

Answer 1

In my situation, ./configure end up with warning/error, so --prefix= works with the default location (/usr/local). After I sorted out the warning/error, it worked as expected.