diff --git a/base/jansson/jansson.SMBuild b/base/jansson/jansson.SMBuild
index dc1cdc8..96332b3 100755
--- a/base/jansson/jansson.SMBuild
+++ b/base/jansson/jansson.SMBuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   ./configure \
-    --prefix= \
+    --prefix=/usr \
     --enable-shared \
     --disable-static 
 
diff --git a/base/jbig2dec/jbig2dec.SMBuild b/base/jbig2dec/jbig2dec.SMBuild
index da7c3db..715840d 100755
--- a/base/jbig2dec/jbig2dec.SMBuild
+++ b/base/jbig2dec/jbig2dec.SMBuild
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   ./configure \
-    --prefix= \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --bindir=/bin \
     --disable-static \
     --enable-shared 
 
diff --git a/base/json-c/json-c.SMBuild b/base/json-c/json-c.SMBuild
index 4dbb8f9..3c08a9c 100755
--- a/base/json-c/json-c.SMBuild
+++ b/base/json-c/json-c.SMBuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   ./configure \
-    --prefix= \
+    --prefix=/usr \
     --enable-shared \
     --disable-static 
 
diff --git a/base/json-glib/json-glib.SMBuild b/base/json-glib/json-glib.SMBuild
index 8d88bed..0751525 100755
--- a/base/json-glib/json-glib.SMBuild
+++ b/base/json-glib/json-glib.SMBuild
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   mkdir -p smbuild && cd smbuild
-  meson .. --prefix=/ \
+  meson .. --prefix=/usr \
+     --bindir=/bin \
      -Dintrospection=false
 
   ninja
diff --git a/base/kernel-headers/kernel-headers.SMBuild b/base/kernel-headers/kernel-headers.SMBuild
index c4653ec..dc413c7 100755
--- a/base/kernel-headers/kernel-headers.SMBuild
+++ b/base/kernel-headers/kernel-headers.SMBuild
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 }
 
 build() {
-  make ARCH="$arch" prefix= DESTDIR=$pkg install
-  cp -r generic/include $pkg/
+  make ARCH="$arch" prefix=/usr DESTDIR=$pkg install
+  cp -r generic/include $pkg/usr/
 
   mkfinalpkg
 }
diff --git a/base/kmod/kmod.SMBuild b/base/kmod/kmod.SMBuild
index bc7ae14..163f65d 100755
--- a/base/kmod/kmod.SMBuild
+++ b/base/kmod/kmod.SMBuild
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   ./configure \
-    --prefix= \
-    --bindir=/bin \
-    --libdir=/lib 
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --bindir=/bin
 
   make
   make install DESTDIR=$pkg
diff --git a/base/lame/lame.SMBuild b/base/lame/lame.SMBuild
index 0ca2b8c..1eaf8d2 100755
--- a/base/lame/lame.SMBuild
+++ b/base/lame/lame.SMBuild
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 build() {
   LIBS="-lcurses -lterminfo" \
   ./configure \
-    --prefix= \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --bindir=/bin \
     --enable-shared \
     --enable-nasm \
     --disable-static
diff --git a/base/less/less.SMBuild b/base/less/less.SMBuild
index 6bce7dc..94e67eb 100755
--- a/base/less/less.SMBuild
+++ b/base/less/less.SMBuild
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 build() {
   LDFLAGS="-static" \
   ./configure \
-    --prefix=
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --bindir=/bin
 
   make
   make install DESTDIR=$pkg
diff --git a/base/libaio/libaio.SMBuild b/base/libaio/libaio.SMBuild
index 195cd89..86af10a 100755
--- a/base/libaio/libaio.SMBuild
+++ b/base/libaio/libaio.SMBuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   make
-  make prefix="$pkg" libdir=$pkg/lib install
+  make prefix="$pkg" includedir="$pkg/usr/include" libdir="$pkg/usr/lib" install
 
   cp COPYING $pkgdocs/
 
diff --git a/base/libao/libao.SMBuild b/base/libao/libao.SMBuild
index 3ad39d8..72f8b22 100755
--- a/base/libao/libao.SMBuild
+++ b/base/libao/libao.SMBuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   ./configure \
-    --prefix= \
+    --prefix=/usr \
     --enable-shared \
     --disable-static \
     --disable-pulse
diff --git a/base/libasr/libasr.SMBuild b/base/libasr/libasr.SMBuild
index 69c3268..5231241 100755
--- a/base/libasr/libasr.SMBuild
+++ b/base/libasr/libasr.SMBuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   ./configure \
-    --prefix= \
+    --prefix=/usr \
     --disable-static 
 
   make