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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --exec-prefix=EPREFIX </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX <br />[PREFIX] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> If you set this it only defines an alternative installation directory for the executable binary. <br />Note: The executable binary will be placed in a directory "bin" below the directory specified by this option <br />Editor recommends leaving this as default (i.e. not setting it). </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --bindir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> user executables [EPREFIX/bin] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> With this option you can control exactly in which directory the executable binary is installed. The previous option automatically adds the bin directory. Here you are in fill control. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --sbindir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> System admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Not used by motion. Ignore it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --libexecdir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> program executables [EPREFIX/libexec] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Not used by motion. Ignore it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --datadir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> read-only architecture-independent data [PREFIX/share] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Not used by motion. Ignore it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --sysconfdir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> This is where motion both installs the default configuration file and also where it later searches for it. <br />Motion searches for the configuration file "motion.conf" in the following order: <br /><UL> <br />1. Current directory from where motion was invoked <br />2. $HOME/.motion <br />3. The sysconfig directory set by this switch. If not defined the default is /usr/local/etc/ <br /></UL> <br />Editor recommends leaving this at default. Be careful if you run "make install" again. This will overwrite the motion.conf file that you have edited and experimented with for hours. Make sure to keep a copy in a safe place. Alternatively, copy the working file to the motion base install directory. Then make install will simply copy the same file back again. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --sharedstatedir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Not used by motion. Ignore it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --localstatedir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Not used by motion. Ignore it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --libdir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Not used by motion. Ignore it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --includedir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> C header files [PREFIX/include] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Not used by motion. Ignore it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --oldincludedir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Not used by motion. Ignore it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --infodir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> info documentation [PREFIX/info] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Not used by motion. Ignore it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --mandir=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> man documentation [PREFIX/man] </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Editor recommends the default. </td>
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			<th width="160" bgcolor="#687684" align="left" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> <font color="#ffffff">Optional Packages:</font> </th>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --with-linuxthreads </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Use linuxthreads in BSD instead of native phtreads </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Only relevant for BSD. In Linux we always use this per default. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --with-pwcbsd </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Use pwcbsd based webcams ( only BSD ) </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> This option allow to build motion to support <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/V4L" class="twikiLink">V4L</a>/V4L2 in BSD. <br /> <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/HowtoMotionPwcFreeBSD" class="twikiLink">HowtoMotionPwcFreeBSD</a> </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --without-bktr </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Exclude to use bktr subsystem , that usually useful for devices as network cameras </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> ONLY used in *BSD </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --without-v4l </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Exclude using v4l (video4linux) subsystem. Makes Motion so it only supports network cameras. </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Can be used if you do not need <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/V4L" class="twikiLink">V4L</a> support and maybe lack some of the libraries for it. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --with-jpeg-mmx=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Specify the prefix for the install path for jpeg-mmx for optimized jpeg handling (optional). If this is not specified motion will try to find the library /usr/lib/libjpeg-mmx.a /usr/local/lib/libjpeg-mmx.a. </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Considered experimental </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --with-ffmpeg=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Specify the path for the directory prefix in which the library and headers are installed. <br />If not specified configure will search in /usr/ and /usr/local/ </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> DIR is the directory PREFIX in which the ffmpeg shared libraries and their headers are installed. <br />If you install ffmpeg from sources and use the default directories or if ffmpeg is installed as a binary package (RPM or deb) you do not need to specify the directory prefix. Configure will find the libraries automatically. If you installed ffmpeg from sources and specified a different --prefix when building ffmpeg you must use the same value for the DIR ( --with-ffmpeg=DIR). <br />For more information on FFmpeg see the <a href="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_top">FFmpeg project home page</a>. <br />FFmpeg is a package that enables streamed video mpeg signal from your web camera to a browser. <br />Editor recommends installing ffmpeg from source and in the directory /usr/local/ffmpeg and build ffmpeg with ./configure --enable-shared. <br />This places libraries in /usr/local/lib and headers in /usr/local/include. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --without-ffmpeg </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Do not compile with ffmpeg </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Use this if you do not want to compile with ffmpeg. If ffmpeg is not installed you do not need to specify that Motion must build without ffmpeg. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --with-mysql-lib=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Lib directory of MySQL </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Normally, configure will scan all possible default installation paths for MySQL libs. When its fail, use this command to tell configure where MySQL libs installation root directory is. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --with-mysql-include=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Include directory with headers for MySQL </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Normally, configure will scan all possible default                          installation paths for MySQL include. When its fail, use this command to tell configure where MySQL include installation directory is. This is the directory with the MySQL header files. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --without-mysql </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Do not compile with MySQL support </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Use this if you do not want to include MySQL support in the package. <br />This can also be useful if you get compilation errors related to MySQL and you actually do not need the feature anyway. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --without-pgsql </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Do not compile with PostgreSQL support </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Use this if you do not want to include PostgreSQL support in the package. <br />This can also be useful if you get compilation errors related to PostgreSQL and you actually do not need the feature anyway. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --with-pgsql-include=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Normally, configure will scan all possible default installation paths for pgsql include. When it fails, use this command to tell configure where pgsql include installation root directory is. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --with-pgsql-lib=DIR </td>
			<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Normally, configure will scan all possible default installation paths for pgsql libs. When it fails, use <br /> this command to tell configure where pgsql libs installation root directory is. </td>
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			<td width="160" bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol0 twikiFirstCol"> --without-optimizecpu </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol1"> Exclude autodetecting platform and cpu type. This will disable the compilation of gcc optimizing code by platform and cpu. </td>
			<td bgcolor="#edf4f9" valign="top" class="twikiTableCol2 twikiLastCol"> Use this if the optimization causes problems. Typically if you build on some non X386 compatible CPU. </td>
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