# Alternative to sudo make install **URL:** \ **Category:** FreeFEM installation\ **Created:** [February 7, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/alternative-to-sudo-make-install/242 "2020-02-07T16:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mvanwaveren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mvanwaveren](https://community.freefem.org/u/mvanwaveren)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/alternative-to-sudo-make-install/242/1 "2020-02-07T16:25:08Z")
Hello, The installation of FreeFem++ ends with the command: **sudo make install** I do not have root access. I would like to be able to specify in which directory FreeFem++ is installed. How do I do this? Regards, Matthijs van Waveren ---
**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/alternative-to-sudo-make-install/242/2 "2020-02-07T18:46:39Z")
Do not use `sudo`, this is terrible, and I don’t know why this is still the recommended way of doing things. Just `./configure` with the added flag `--prefix=/where/you/want/to/have/files/installed`. ---
**Author:** ![mvanwaveren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mvanwaveren](https://community.freefem.org/u/mvanwaveren)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/alternative-to-sudo-make-install/242/3 "2020-02-12T15:53:08Z")
Thanks for the advice. For the recommended way of doing things, have a look at the Installation Guide on the FreeFem website: [https://doc.freefem.org/introduction/installation.html](https://doc.freefem.org/introduction/installation.html) It is filled with ‘sudo make install’. This guide should be updated.