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Asked: 2026-05-11T19:44:16+00:00

In this instance I’m using c with autoconf, but the question applies elsewhere. I

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In this instance I’m using c with autoconf, but the question applies elsewhere.

I have a glade xml file that is needed at runtime, and I have to tell the application where it is. I’m using autoconf to define a variable in my code that points to the “specified prefix directory”/app-name/glade. But that only begins to work once the application is installed. What if I want to run the program before that point? Is there a standard way to determine what paths should be checked for application data?

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Thanks for the responses. To clarify, I don’t need to know where the app data is installed (eg by searching in /usr,usr/local,etc etc), the configure script does that. The problem was more determining whether the app has been installed yet. I guess I’ll just check in install location first, and if not then in “./src/foo.glade”.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I dont think there’s any standard way on how to locate such data.

    I’d personally do it in a way that i’d have a list of paths and i’d locate if i can find the file from anyone of those and the list should containt the DATADIR+APPNAME defined from autoconf and CURRENTDIRECTORY+POSSIBLE_PREFIX where prefix might be some folder from your build root.

    But in any case, dont forget to use those defines from autoconf for your data files, those make your software easier to package (like deb/rpm)

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