diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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+++ b/install.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$1" = "-h" ]
+then
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo $0
+    echo "        install in default location (/usr/local)"
+    echo "        may require root privileges"
+    echo "$0 <prefix>"
+    echo "        install at the specified prefix"
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [  "s$1" = "s" ]
+then
+    INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
+else
+    INSTALL_PREFIX=$1
+fi
+
+install -m 644 ./todo.1 $INSTALL_PREFIX/share/man/man1/todo.1
+install -m 755 ./todo $INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/todo