--- Makefile.orig	2010-03-20 20:47:41.000000000 -0500
+++ Makefile	2010-03-20 20:49:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 INSTALL = /usr/bin/install
 LD = /usr/bin/ld
 #CC = g++
-
+PREFIX = /usr/local
 default:	all
 
 all:	shpcreate shpadd shpdump shprewind dbfcreate dbfadd dbfdump shptest
@@ -107,44 +107,13 @@
 LIBSHP_VERSION=1.0.1 # still once to be changed manually (see for 1:1:0), sorry
 
 lib:
-	/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1  -I. -I. -I/usr/local/include    -g -O2 -c shpopen.c
-	gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -I. -I. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c  -fPIC -DPIC shpopen.c -o .libs/shpopen.lo
-	gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -I. -I. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c shpopen.c -o shpopen.o >/dev/null 2>&1
-	mv -f .libs/shpopen.lo shpopen.lo
-	/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1  -I. -I. -I/usr/local/include    -g -O2 -c shptree.c
-	rm -f .libs/shptree.lo
-	gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -I. -I. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c  -fPIC -DPIC shptree.c -o .libs/shptree.lo
-	gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -I. -I. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c shptree.c -o shptree.o >/dev/null 2>&1
-	mv -f .libs/shptree.lo shptree.lo
-	/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1  -I. -I. -I/usr/local/include    -g -O2 -c dbfopen.c
-	rm -f .libs/dbfopen.lo
-	gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -I. -I. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c  -fPIC -DPIC dbfopen.c -o .libs/dbfopen.lo
-	gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -I. -I. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c dbfopen.c -o dbfopen.o >/dev/null 2>&1
-	mv -f .libs/dbfopen.lo dbfopen.lo
-	/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2  -o libshp.la -rpath /usr/local/lib -version-info 1:1:0 shpopen.lo shptree.lo dbfopen.lo  
-	rm -fr .libs/libshp.la .libs/libshp.* .libs/libshp.*
-	rm -fr .libs/libshp.lax
-	mkdir .libs/libshp.lax
-	$(LD) -G -h libshp.so.1 -o .libs/libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION)  shpopen.lo shptree.lo dbfopen.lo  -lc
-
-	(cd .libs && rm -f libshp.so.1 && ln -s libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION) libshp.so.1)
-	(cd .libs && rm -f libshp.so && ln -s libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION) libshp.so)
-	ar cru .libs/libshp.a  shpopen.o shptree.o dbfopen.o 
-	ranlib .libs/libshp.a
-	rm -fr .libs/libshp.lax
-	(cd .libs && rm -f libshp.la && ln -s ../libshp.la libshp.la)
+	/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1  -I. -I. -I$(PREFIX)/include    -g -O2 -c shpopen.c
+	/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1  -I. -I. -I$(PREFIX)/include    -g -O2 -c shptree.c
+	/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DPACKAGE=\"libshp\" -DVERSION=\"$(SHPLIB_VERSION)\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1  -I. -I. -I$(PREFIX)/include    -g -O2 -c dbfopen.c
+	/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2  -o libshp.la -rpath $(PREFIX)/lib -version-info 1:1:0 shpopen.lo shptree.lo dbfopen.lo  
 
 lib_install:
-	cp .libs/libshp.la .libs/libshp.lai
-	/bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/lib
-	/bin/sh ./libtool  --mode=install $(INSTALL) -c libshp.la /usr/local/lib/libshp.la
-	$(INSTALL) -c .libs/libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION) /usr/local/lib/libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION)
-	(cd /usr/local/lib && rm -f libshp.so.1 && ln -s libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION) libshp.so.1)
-	(cd /usr/local/lib && rm -f libshp.so && ln -s libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION) libshp.so)
-	chmod +x /usr/local/lib/libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION)
-	$(INSTALL) -c .libs/libshp.la /usr/local/lib/libshp.la
-	$(INSTALL) -c .libs/libshp.a /usr/local/lib/libshp.a
-	ranlib /usr/local/lib/libshp.a
-	chmod 644 /usr/local/lib/libshp.a
-	/bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/include/libshp
-	$(INSTALL) -c -m 644 shapefil.h /usr/local/include/libshp/shapefil.h
+	/bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs $(PREFIX)/lib
+	/bin/sh ./libtool  --mode=install $(INSTALL) -c libshp.la $(PREFIX)/lib/libshp.la
+	/bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs $(PREFIX)/include/libshp
+	$(INSTALL) -c -m 644 shapefil.h $(PREFIX)/include/libshp/shapefil.h