diff -urN AfterStep-2.00.beta4b/Makefile.in AfterStep-2.00.beta4b-modified/Makefile.in
--- AfterStep-2.00.beta4b/Makefile.in	2004-03-05 14:19:54.000000000 -0600
+++ AfterStep-2.00.beta4b-modified/Makefile.in	2004-03-18 19:01:20.807818448 -0600
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@
 	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
diff -urN AfterStep-2.00.beta4b/autoconf/Makefile.defines.in AfterStep-2.00.beta4b-modified/autoconf/Makefile.defines.in
--- AfterStep-2.00.beta4b/autoconf/Makefile.defines.in	2004-03-05 14:19:52.000000000 -0600
+++ AfterStep-2.00.beta4b-modified/autoconf/Makefile.defines.in	2004-03-18 18:59:38.244410456 -0600
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 AFTER_BIN_DIR	= $(DESTDIR)@bindir@
 AFTER_MAN_DIR	= $(DESTDIR)@mandir@/man1
 AFTER_SHAREDIR	= $(DESTDIR)@datadir@/afterstep
+GNOME_SHAREDIR	= @datadir@/gnome
+GNOME_SHAREDESTDIR = $(DESTDIR)$(GNOME_SHAREDIR)
 AFTER_DOC_DIR	= $(AFTER_SHAREDIR)/doc
 AFTER_DIR	= @with_afterdir@
 AFTER_SAVE	= @with_afterdir@/.workspace_state