I don't install it (contrib) but just have this in .emacs:

-------
;; set load dirs and global config options
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.elisp/site-lisp/")
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.elisp/org.git/contrib/lisp/")
-------

That way any miscellaneous .el files I want get put in ~/.elisp/site-lisp
and contrib is linked to directly by my .emacs. Would this work for you or
is there a certain advantage to "installing" to the actual tree (e.g.
/usr/share/emacs...)?

Hope that helps?


John


On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Cook, Malcolm <MEC@stowers.org> wrote:

>  Is there a "blessed" mantra for installing the contents of contrib
>
> something perhapls like
>
> sudo make install-contrib prefix=/my/prefix
>
> Thanks!
>
> Malcolm Cook
> Stowers Institute for Medical Research - Bioinformatics
> Kansas City, Missouri  USA
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