diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp blender-2.79/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp

--- blender-2.79.old/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp	2017-09-12 14:49:10.055232962 +0200

+++ blender-2.79/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp	2017-09-12 14:50:46.149035501 +0200

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@

 const GHOST_TUns8 *GHOST_SystemPathsUnix::getSystemDir(int, const char *versionstr) const

 {

+	/* ignore versionstr when building the system path */

+	versionstr = "";

+

 	/* no prefix assumes a portable build which only uses bundled scripts */

 	if (static_path) {

 		static string system_path = string(static_path) + "/blender/" + versionstr;

diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt

--- blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:49:10.243236700 +0200

+++ blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:50:46.149035501 +0200

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@

 		if(WITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE)

 			set(TARGETDIR_VER ${BLENDER_VERSION})

 		else()

-			set(TARGETDIR_VER share/blender/${BLENDER_VERSION})

+			set(TARGETDIR_VER share/blender)

 		endif()

 	endif()