Index: Makefile
==================================================================
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
-all: client/teapot-client.kit
+include Makefile.defs
+TCLKIT = tclkit
+TCLCONFIGPATH = $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/lib $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/lib64 $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib64 $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/lib $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/lib64
+TEAPOTCLIENTVERS = 0.1
+TCLDIR = 
+PREFIX = /usr/local
+prefix = $(PREFIX)
+
+all:
+	make -C client all
 
 client/teapot-client.kit:
-	make -C client teapot-client.kit
+	make -C client teapot-client.kit TCLKIT="$(TCLKIT)" TCLCONFIGPATH="$(TCLCONFIGPATH)" TEAPOTCLIENTVERS="$(TEAPOTCLIENTVERS)" TCLDIR="$(TCLDIR)" PREFIX="$(PREFIX)" prefix="$(prefix)"
+
+install:
+	make -C client install TCLKIT="$(TCLKIT)" TCLCONFIGPATH="$(TCLCONFIGPATH)" TEAPOTCLIENTVERS="$(TEAPOTCLIENTVERS)" TCLDIR="$(TCLDIR)" PREFIX="$(PREFIX)" prefix="$(prefix)"
 
 clean:
 	make -C client clean
 
 distclean:
 	make -C client distclean
 
-.PHONY: all clean distclean
+.PHONY: all install clean distclean

ADDED   Makefile.defs
Index: Makefile.defs
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ Makefile.defs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+TCLKIT = tclkit
+TCLCONFIGPATH = $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/lib $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/lib64 $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib64 $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/lib $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/lib64
+TEAPOTCLIENTVERS = 0.1
+TCLDIR = 
+PREFIX = /usr/local
+prefix = $(PREFIX)

Index: README.txt
==================================================================
--- README.txt
+++ README.txt
@@ -19,10 +19,16 @@
 	    but no "lib" or similar directory)
 	c. If you wish to install into an alternate root directory (i.e., for
 	   packaging), execute:
 		# make install DESTDIR=your_new_rootdir
 	   This will search for a "tclConfig.sh" in the destination directory.
+	d. If you wish to install into an alternate prefix (default is
+	   "/usr/local"), execute:
+		# make install PREFIX=your_new_prefix
+	   (note that this only affects the search path and where the
+	   "teapot-client" script is installed, not where the package goes
+	   directly)
 
 Note that the install directory is not encoded in the script in any way so it
 can be safely moved after installation.
 
 2. Using

Index: client/Makefile
==================================================================
--- client/Makefile
+++ client/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-TCLKIT = tclkit
-TCLCONFIGPATH = $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/lib $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/lib64 $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib64 $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/lib $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/lib64
-TEAPOTCLIENTVERS = 0.1
-TCLDIR = 
-PREFIX = /usr/local
-prefix = $(PREFIX)
+include ../Makefile.defs
 
 all:
 	@echo 'Nothing to do.'
 
 install: