./autogen.sh && make && make install          (in the beryl-core directory)

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test -z "/usr/local/lib/beryl/backends" || mkdir -p -- "/usr/local/lib/beryl/backends"
 /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /bin/install -c  'libini.la' '/usr/local/lib/beryl/backends/libini.la'
libtool: install: error: cannot install `libini.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/lib/beryl/backends
 /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /bin/install -c  'libgconf.la' '/usr/local/lib/beryl/backends/libgconf.la'
libtool: install: error: cannot install `libgconf.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/lib/beryl/backends
make[2]: *** [install-backendLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/fuzzy/beryl/beryl-core/settings-backends'
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fuzzy/beryl/beryl-core/settings-backends'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1