--- Makefile.in.old	2003-09-25 14:07:20.000000000 -0700
+++ Makefile.in	2003-10-19 16:17:00.000000000 -0700
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@
 	echo "If you want AfterStep to appear in your Gnome menu, please install as root."; \
 	fi \
 	fi
-	@if [ -d /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties ] ; then \
-	if [ -w /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties ] ; then \
-	 echo $(CP) AfterStep.desktop /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties/; \
-	 $(CP) AfterStep.desktop /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties/; \
+	@if [ -d $(GNOME_SHAREDIR)/wm-properties ] ; then \
+	if [ -w $(GNOME_SHAREDIR)/wm-properties ] ; then \
+	 echo $(CP) AfterStep.desktop $(GNOME_SHAREDESTDIR)/wm-properties/; \
+	 $(MKDIR) -p $(GNOME_SHAREDESTDIR)/wm-properties; \
+	 $(CP) AfterStep.desktop $(GNOME_SHAREDESTDIR)/wm-properties/; \
 	else \
-	echo "/usr/share/gnome/wm-properties exists but is not writable."; \
+	echo "$(GNOME_SHAREDIR)/wm-properties exists but is not writable."; \
 	echo "If you want AfterStep to appear in your Gnome menu, please install as root."; \
 	fi \
 	fi
--- autoconf/Makefile.defines.in.old	2003-08-22 23:28:44.000000000 -0700
+++ autoconf/Makefile.defines.in	2003-10-19 16:20:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 AFTER_MAN_DIR	= $(DESTDIR)@mandir@/man1
 AFTER_DOC_DIR	= $(DESTDIR)@datadir@/afterstep/doc
 AFTER_SHAREDIR	= $(DESTDIR)@datadir@/afterstep
+GNOME_SHAREDIR  = @datadir@/gnome
+GNOME_SHAREDESTDIR  = $(DESTDIR)$(GNOME_SHAREDIR)
 AFTER_DIR	= @with_afterdir@
 AFTER_SAVE	= @with_afterdir@/.workspace_state
 AFTER_NONCF	= @with_afterdir@/non-configurable