My favorite "alternative" method of building from source code is covered here. Just read the first part about how to run Configure with out having to babysit it.

The crux of the whole thing is:

• $ mv -f config.sh config.sh.old
• $ ./Configure -dsE
• You can edit config.sh here
• $ ./Configure -S
• $ make
• $ make test
• Become "root", if you aren't already.
• # make install
• Answer "yes" that you want /usr/bin/perl set up.

Where the "edit config.sh" step is where I change which directories things get installed into. See the original web page for more details but ignore the parts about SVR4. (:

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")