<term><option>--bindir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the directory for executable programs. The default
is <filename><replaceable>EXEC-PREFIX</replaceable>/bin</filename>, which
normally means <filename>/usr/local/pgsql/bin</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-option-sysconfdir">
<term><option>--sysconfdir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the directory for various configuration files,
<filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/etc</filename> by default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-option-libdir">
<term><option>--libdir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the location to install libraries and dynamically loadable
modules. The default is
<filename><replaceable>EXEC-PREFIX</replaceable>/lib</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-option-includedir">
<term><option>--includedir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the directory for installing C and C++ header files. The
default is <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/include</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-option-datarootdir">
<term><option>--datarootdir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the root directory for various types of read-only data
files. This only sets the default for some of the following
options. The default is
<filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/share</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-option-datadir">
<term><option>--datadir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the directory for read-only data files used by the
installed programs. The default is
<filename><replaceable>DATAROOTDIR</replaceable></filename>. Note that this has
nothing to do with where your database files will be placed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-option-localedir">
<term><option>--localedir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the directory for installing locale data, in particular
message translation catalog files. The default is
<filename><replaceable>DATAROOTDIR</replaceable>/locale</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-option-mandir">
<term><option>--mandir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The man pages that come with <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will be installed under
this directory, in their respective
<filename>man<replaceable>x</replaceable></filename> subdirectories.
The default is <filename><replaceable>DATAROOTDIR</replaceable>/man</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-option-docdir">
<term><option>--docdir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the root directory for installing documentation files,
except <quote>man</quote> pages. This only sets the default for
the following options. The default value for this option is
<filename><replaceable>DATAROOTDIR</replaceable>/doc/postgresql</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>