Eu obtive êxito prefixando
PREFIX=/tmp/installdir make
e
PREFIX=/tmp/installdir make install
para verificar o que acontece, use -n
root@wizzard:/tmp/redis-2.8.6# PREFIX=/tmp/installdir make install -n
cd src && make install
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/redis-2.8.6/src'
echo ""
echo "Hint: To run 'make test' is a good idea ;)"
echo ""
mkdir -p /tmp/installdir/bin
printf ' %b %b\n' "3[34;1m"INSTALL"3[0m" "3[37;1m"install"3[0m" 1>&2;install redis-server /tmp/installdir/bin
printf ' %b %b\n' "3[34;1m"INSTALL"3[0m" "3[37;1m"install"3[0m" 1>&2;install redis-benchmark /tmp/installdir/bin
printf ' %b %b\n' "3[34;1m"INSTALL"3[0m" "3[37;1m"install"3[0m" 1>&2;install redis-cli /tmp/installdir/bin
printf ' %b %b\n' "3[34;1m"INSTALL"3[0m" "3[37;1m"install"3[0m" 1>&2;install redis-check-dump /tmp/installdir/bin
printf ' %b %b\n' "3[34;1m"INSTALL"3[0m" "3[37;1m"install"3[0m" 1>&2;install redis-check-aof /tmp/installdir/bin
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/redis-2.8.6/src'