[ale] How to not use ~/.local/bin as an install location?

[DJ-Pfulio]

On 5/1/21 8:44 AM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> For those of us with lots of stuff in ~/bin, how do we tell install
> programs not to install in ~/.local/bin?
> 
> 

Use the PREFIX= option in the build stage.
If you like, one option is:
$ chmod 000 ~/.local/
$ chown root:root ~/.local/

That will stop all access.  I do that with /media/ to prevent automatic mounts.  The power to mount is the power to destroy.