diff -Naurp bricolage-1.10.2.orig/Makefile bricolage-1.10.2/Makefile
--- bricolage-1.10.2.orig/Makefile	2006-09-01 09:34:01.000000000 -0400
+++ bricolage-1.10.2/Makefile	2006-09-01 09:44:30.000000000 -0400
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ PERL = /usr/bin/perl
 # Blank by default, but set to QUIET to ask essential questions only
 INSTALL_VERBOSITY?= STANDARD
 
+# Destdir support
+DESTDIR?= /
+
+# INSTALLDIRS support
+INSTALLDIRS?= site
+
+USE_DEFAULTS?=standard
+
 # can't load Bric since it loads Bric::Config which has dependencies
 # that won't be solved till make install.
 BRIC_VERSION = `$(PERL) -ne '/VERSION.*?([\d\.]+)/ and print $$1 and exit' < lib/Bric.pm`
@@ -53,7 +61,9 @@ postgres.db 	: inst/postgres.pl required
 	$(PERL) inst/postgres.pl $(INSTALL_VERBOSITY)
 
 config.db	: inst/config.pl required.db apache.db postgres.db
-	$(PERL) inst/config.pl $(INSTALL_VERBOSITY)
+	$(PERL) inst/config.pl INSTALL_VERBOSITY=$(INSTALL_VERBOSITY) \
+		DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) INSTALLDIRS=$(INSTALLDIRS) \
+		USE_DEFAULTS=$(USE_DEFAULTS)
 
 bconf/bricolage.conf	:  required.db inst/conf.pl
 	$(PERL) inst/conf.pl INSTALL $(BRIC_VERSION)
@@ -184,11 +194,11 @@ cpan 		: modules.db postgres.db inst/cpa
 
 lib 		: 
 	-rm -f lib/Makefile
-	cd lib; $(PERL) Makefile.PL; $(MAKE) install
+	cd lib; $(PERL) Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=$(INSTALLDIRS) DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) ; $(MAKE) install
 
 bin 		:
 	-rm -f bin/Makefile
-	cd bin; $(PERL) Makefile.PL; $(MAKE) install
+	cd bin; $(PERL) Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=$(INSTALLDIRS) DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) ; $(MAKE) install
 
 files 		: config.db bconf/bricolage.conf
 	$(PERL) inst/files.pl
diff -Naurp bricolage-1.10.2.orig/Makefile.PL bricolage-1.10.2/Makefile.PL
--- bricolage-1.10.2.orig/Makefile.PL	2006-09-01 09:34:01.000000000 -0400
+++ bricolage-1.10.2/Makefile.PL	2006-09-01 09:45:46.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,9 +7,19 @@ use File::Copy;
 
 my $old = 'Makefile';
 my $new = 'Makefile.new';
+my $PREFIX = "";
+my $DESTDIR = "/";
+my $INSTALLDIRS="site";
 
 open OLD, "<", $old or die "Unable to open $old: $!\n";
 open NEW, ">", $new or die "Unable to open $new: $!\n";
+
+foreach my $key (@ARGV) { 
+	if ($key =~ m/^PREFIX/) { $PREFIX = $key }
+	if ($key =~ m/^DESTDIR/) { $DESTDIR = $key }
+	if ($key =~ m/^INSTALLDIRS/) { $INSTALLDIRS = $key }
+}
+
 my $flag;
 while (<OLD>) {
     if ($flag) {
@@ -17,6 +27,12 @@ while (<OLD>) {
         next;
     } elsif (/^PERL\s*=\s*/) {
         print NEW "PERL = $Config{perlpath}\n";
+    } elsif (/^PREFIX/) {
+		print NEW "$PREFIX\n"
+	} elsif (/^DESTDIR/) {
+		print NEW "$DESTDIR\n";
+	} elsif (/^INSTALLDIRS/) {
+		print NEW "$INSTALLDIRS\n"
     } else {
         print NEW;
     }
diff -Naurp bricolage-1.10.2.orig/bin/Makefile.PL bricolage-1.10.2/bin/Makefile.PL
--- bricolage-1.10.2.orig/bin/Makefile.PL	2006-09-01 09:34:00.000000000 -0400
+++ bricolage-1.10.2/bin/Makefile.PL	2006-09-01 09:48:02.000000000 -0400
@@ -30,18 +30,28 @@ manifypods:
     }
 }
 
+my $DESTDIR;
+if ( exists $CONFIG->{DESTDIR} && -d $CONFIG->{DESTDIR} ) {
+	$DESTDIR = $CONFIG->{DESTDIR}
+} else {
+	$DESTDIR = ""
+}
+
 # Write out the Makefile
 WriteMakefile(NAME           => 'bric_bin',
 	      EXE_FILES      => \@EXE,
 	      ( exists $CONFIG->{MODULE_DIR} ? 
-		( INSTALLSITELIB => $CONFIG->{MODULE_DIR} ) :
+		( INSTALLSITELIB => "$DESTDIR/$CONFIG->{MODULE_DIR}" ) :
 		()),
+    	( exists $CONFIG->{DESTDIR} ?
+		( DESTDIR => $CONFIG->{DESTDIR} ) :
+		 ()),
 	      ( exists $CONFIG->{BIN_DIR} ? 
 		( INSTALLSCRIPT => $CONFIG->{BIN_DIR},
-                  INSTALLSITEBIN => $CONFIG->{BIN_DIR} ) :
+                  INSTALLSITEBIN => "$DESTDIR/$CONFIG->{BIN_DIR}" ) :
 		()),
 	      ( exists $CONFIG->{MAN_DIR} ? 
 		( INSTALLMAN1DIR => "$CONFIG->{MAN_DIR}/man1",
-                  INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR => "$CONFIG->{MAN_DIR}/man1") :
+                  INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR => "$DESTDIR/$CONFIG->{MAN_DIR}/man1") :
 		()));
 
diff -Naurp bricolage-1.10.2.orig/inst/config.pl bricolage-1.10.2/inst/config.pl
--- bricolage-1.10.2.orig/inst/config.pl	2006-09-01 09:34:00.000000000 -0400
+++ bricolage-1.10.2/inst/config.pl	2006-09-01 09:56:25.000000000 -0400
@@ -38,9 +38,16 @@ use Cwd;
 
 # check whether questions should be asked
 our $QUIET;
-$QUIET = 1 if $ARGV[0] and $ARGV[0] eq 'QUIET';
+our $INSTALLDIRS;
+our $DESTDIR;
+our $INSTALL_VERBOSITY;
+
+$INSTALLDIRS = $ENV{'INSTALLDIRS'};
+$DESTDIR = $ENV{'DESTDIR'};
+if ($ENV{'INSTALL_VERBOSITY'} eq "QUIET" ) { $QUIET=1}
+ 
+print "\n\n==> $QUIET $INSTALL_VERBOSITY Gathering User Configuration <==\n\n";
 
-print "\n\n==> Gathering User Configuration <==\n\n";
 our %CONFIG;
 
 # our $REQ;
@@ -52,6 +59,10 @@ do "./apache.db" or die "Failed to read 
 choose_defaults();
 confirm_settings();
 
+# Just to be safe, just add 'em to Config
+$CONFIG{INSTALLDIRS} = "$INSTALLDIRS";
+$CONFIG{DESTDIR} = "$DESTDIR";
+
 # all done, dump out apache database, announce success and exit
 open(OUT, ">config.db") or die "Unable to open config.db : $!";
 print OUT Data::Dumper->Dump([\%CONFIG],['CONFIG']);
@@ -85,9 +96,9 @@ END
     # setup the default
     if ($CONFIG{set} eq 's') {
         # single system defaults
-        $CONFIG{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}  = '/usr/local/bricolage';
+        $CONFIG{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}  = $ENV{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}||'/usr/local/bricolage';
         $CONFIG{TEMP_DIR}        = tmpdir();
-        $CONFIG{MODULE_DIR}      = $Config{sitelib};
+        $CONFIG{MODULE_DIR}      = $Config{vendorlib};
         $CONFIG{BIN_DIR}         = $Config{scriptdir};
         $CONFIG{MAN_DIR}         = $Config{man3dir};
         $CONFIG{MASON_COMP_ROOT} = '$CONFIG{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}/comp';
@@ -115,7 +126,8 @@ END
 
     } else {
         # multi system defaults
-        $CONFIG{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}  = '/usr/local/bricolage';
+        $CONFIG{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}  = $ENV{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}||'/usr/local/bricolage';
+
 
         # evaluated after BRICOLAGE_ROOT is set
         $CONFIG{TEMP_DIR}         = '$CONFIG{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}/tmp';
@@ -126,6 +138,8 @@ END
         $CONFIG{PID_FILE}         = '$CONFIG{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}/log/httpd.pid';
         $CONFIG{MASON_COMP_ROOT}  = '$CONFIG{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}/comp';
         $CONFIG{MASON_DATA_ROOT}  = '$CONFIG{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}/data';
+        $CONFIG{DESTDIR}          = get_default("DESTDIR");
+
     }
 } else {
     # use QUIET defaults
@@ -165,7 +179,7 @@ sub confirm_settings {
 
   # some prefs are based on BRICOLAGE_ROOT, need to eval them now
   foreach (qw(TEMP_DIR MODULE_DIR BIN_DIR MAN_DIR LOG_DIR PID_FILE
-              MASON_COMP_ROOT MASON_DATA_ROOT)) {
+              MASON_COMP_ROOT MASON_DATA_ROOT DESTDIR)) {
     $CONFIG{$_} = eval qq{"$CONFIG{$_}"};
   }
 
diff -Naurp bricolage-1.10.2.orig/inst/files.pl bricolage-1.10.2/inst/files.pl
--- bricolage-1.10.2.orig/inst/files.pl	2006-09-01 09:34:00.000000000 -0400
+++ bricolage-1.10.2/inst/files.pl	2006-09-01 09:58:53.000000000 -0400
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ exit 0;
 
 # create paths configured by the user
 sub create_paths {
-    mkpath([catdir($CONFIG->{MASON_COMP_ROOT}, "data"),
-	    $CONFIG->{MASON_DATA_ROOT},
-	    catdir($CONFIG->{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}, "conf"),
-	    catdir($CONFIG->{TEMP_DIR}, "bricolage"),
-	    $CONFIG->{LOG_DIR}],
+    mkpath([catdir($CONFIG->{DESTDIR},$CONFIG->{MASON_COMP_ROOT}, "data"),
+	    catdir($CONFIG->{DESTDIR},$CONFIG->{MASON_DATA_ROOT}),
+	    catdir($CONFIG->{DESTDIR},$CONFIG->{BRICOLAGE_ROOT}, "conf"),
+	    catdir($CONFIG->{DESTDIR},$CONFIG->{TEMP_DIR}, "bricolage"),
+	    catdir($CONFIG->{DESTDIR},$CONFIG->{LOG_DIR})],
 	   1,
 	   0755);
 }
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ sub create_paths {
 # copy files - should be called by a find() with no_chdir set
 sub copy_files {
     my $root = shift;
+    if ($CONFIG->{DESTDIR}) { $root = $CONFIG->{DESTDIR}."$root"}
     return if /\.$/;
     return if /.svn/;
     return if $UPGRADE and m!/data/!; # Don't upgrade data files.
@@ -120,11 +121,11 @@ sub copy_files {
 # and the files beneath them.
 sub assign_permissions {
     system("chown", "-R", $AP->{user} . ':' . $AP->{group},
-	   catdir($CONFIG->{MASON_COMP_ROOT}, "data"));
+       catdir($CONFIG->{DESTDIR},$CONFIG->{MASON_COMP_ROOT}, "data"));
     system("chown", "-R", $AP->{user} . ':' . $AP->{group},
-	   $CONFIG->{MASON_DATA_ROOT});
+        catdir($CONFIG->{DESTDIR},$CONFIG->{MASON_DATA_ROOT}));
     system("chown", "-R", $AP->{user} . ':' . $AP->{group},
-	   catdir($CONFIG->{TEMP_DIR}, "bricolage"));
+        catdir($CONFIG->{DESTDIR},$CONFIG->{TEMP_DIR}, "bricolage"));
     system("chown", "-R", $AP->{user} . ':' . $AP->{group},
-	   catdir($CONFIG->{LOG_DIR}));
+        catdir($CONFIG->{DESTDIR},$CONFIG->{LOG_DIR}));
 }
diff -Naurp bricolage-1.10.2.orig/lib/Makefile.PL bricolage-1.10.2/lib/Makefile.PL
--- bricolage-1.10.2.orig/lib/Makefile.PL	2006-09-01 09:34:01.000000000 -0400
+++ bricolage-1.10.2/lib/Makefile.PL	2006-09-01 09:52:49.000000000 -0400
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ find({no_chdir => 1,
       }},
      File::Spec->curdir);
 
+my $DESTDIR;
+if ( exists $CONFIG->{DESTDIR} && -d $CONFIG->{DESTDIR} ) {
+	$DESTDIR = $CONFIG->{DESTDIR}
+} else {
+	$DESTDIR = ""
+}
+
 # skip manifying PODs if '!' is given as MAN_DIR
 sub MY::manifypods {
     if (exists $CONFIG->{MAN_DIR} && $CONFIG->{MAN_DIR} eq '!') {
@@ -38,8 +45,11 @@ manifypods:
 WriteMakefile(NAME           => 'Bric',
               PM             => \%PM,
               ( exists $CONFIG->{MODULE_DIR} ?
-                ( INSTALLSITELIB => $CONFIG->{MODULE_DIR} ) :
+                ( INSTALLSITELIB => "$CONFIG->{MODULE_DIR}" ) :
                 ()),
+              ( exists $CONFIG->{DESTDIR} ?
+			    ( DESTDIR => "$CONFIG->{DESTDIR}" ) : 
+				()),
               ( exists $CONFIG->{MAN_DIR} ?
                 ( INSTALLMAN3DIR => "$CONFIG->{MAN_DIR}/man3",
                   INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR => "$CONFIG->{MAN_DIR}/man3") :