--- abcmidi.old/Makefile.in
+++ abcmidi/Makefile.in
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@
 prefix = @prefix@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 
-srcdir = @srcdir@
-VPATH = @srcdir@
-bindir = @bindir@
-libdir = @libdir@
-datadir = @datarootdir@
-docdir = @datarootdir@/doc/abcmidi
-mandir = @datarootdir@/man/man1
+srcdir  = @srcdir@
+VPATH   = @srcdir@
+
+bindir  = ${prefix}/bin
+libdir  = ${prefix}/lib
+datadir = ${prefix}/share/abcmidi
+docdir  = ${prefix}/doc
+mandir  = ${prefix}/man/man1
 
 binaries=abc2midi midi2abc abc2abc mftext yaps midicopy abcmatch
 
@@ -142,20 +143,17 @@
 	rm *.o ${binaries}
 
 install: abc2midi midi2abc abc2abc mftext midicopy yaps abcmatch
-	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 ${binaries} $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+	mkdir -p ${bindir} ${datadir} ${docdir} ${mandir}
+	$(INSTALL) -m 755 ${binaries} ${bindir}
 
 	# install documentation
-	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)${docdir}
-	$(INSTALL)  -m 644 doc/*.txt $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
-	$(INSTALL)  -m 644 doc/AUTHORS $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
-	$(INSTALL)  -m 644 doc/CHANGES $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
-	$(INSTALL)  -m 644 VERSION $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 doc/*.txt     ${docdir}
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 doc/AUTHORS   ${docdir}
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 doc/CHANGES   ${docdir}
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 VERSION       ${docdir}
 
 	# install manpages
-	$(INSTALL)  -d $(DESTDIR)${mandir}
-	$(INSTALL)  -m 644 doc/*.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)
-
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 doc/*.1 ${mandir}
 
 uninstall:
 	echo "uninstalling...";