Trying to run $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/libvirt-git $ make install results in libvirt trying to install in /usr/lib/wireshark/plugins/.... with predictable amounts of fail. The configure script should not be hardcoding /usr/lib by default but rather honour $libdir Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; --- configure.ac | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index b9375f1..3a70375 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -2566,7 +2566,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([ws-plugindir], if test "$with_wireshark_dissector" != "no" && test -z "$ws_plugindir"; then ws_version=`$WIRESHARK -v | head -1 | cut -f 2 -d' '` - ws_plugindir=`dirname $WIRESHARK`/../lib/wireshark/plugins/$ws_version + ws_plugindir="$libdir/wireshark/plugins/$ws_version" fi AC_SUBST([ws_plugindir]) -- 1.8.4.2