diff -Nur apertium-3.2.0.orig/apertium/Makefile.am apertium-3.2.0/apertium/Makefile.am
--- apertium-3.2.0.orig/apertium/Makefile.am	2011-07-29 06:55:49.000000000 +0100
+++ apertium-3.2.0/apertium/Makefile.am	2011-07-29 07:03:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
 
 instdir = apertium
 
-apertiumdir = $(prefix)/share/apertium
+apertiumdir = $(datadir)/
 apertiuminclude = $(prefix)/include/apertium-$(GENERIC_API_VERSION)
 apertiumlib = $(prefix)/lib 
-apertiumsysconf = $(prefix)/etc/apertium
+apertiumsysconf = $(sysconfdir)/apertium
 
 apertium_DATA = deformat.xsl reformat.xsl new2old.xsl lexchoice.xsl \
                 lexchoicebil.xsl tagger.dtd interchunk.dtd format.dtd \
diff -Nur apertium-3.2.0.orig/Makefile.am apertium-3.2.0/Makefile.am
--- apertium-3.2.0.orig/Makefile.am	2011-07-29 06:55:49.000000000 +0100
+++ apertium-3.2.0/Makefile.am	2011-07-29 07:08:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 SUBDIRS = $(GENERIC_LIBRARY_NAME)
 DIST_SUBDIRS = $(GENERIC_LIBRARY_NAME)
 
-modesdir=$(prefix)/share/apertium/modes
+modesdir = $(datadir)/apertium/modes
+modes_DATA = README-MODES
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = apertium-$(GENERIC_RELEASE).pc
 
 EXTRA_DIST=autogen.sh README-MODES
-
-install-data-local:
-	mkdir -p $(modesdir)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) README-MODES  $(modesdir)/README