diff -up catdoc-0.95/charsets/Makefile.in.makefilefix catdoc-0.95/charsets/Makefile.in
--- catdoc-0.95/charsets/Makefile.in.makefilefix	2016-04-26 11:13:38.000000000 -0400
+++ catdoc-0.95/charsets/Makefile.in	2017-06-20 14:17:55.494732868 -0400
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ all: @charsetcheck@
 clean:
 install: install-dirs install-spc install-charsets
 install-spc: tex.spc ascii.spc tex.rpl ascii.rpl
-	    $(INSTALL) -m 644 ascii.spc $(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)/ascii$(SPEC_EXT) 
-	    $(INSTALL) -m 644 tex.spc $(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)/tex$(SPEC_EXT) 
-	    $(INSTALL) -m 644 ascii.rpl $(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)/ascii$(REPL_EXT)
-	    $(INSTALL) -m 644 tex.rpl $(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)/tex$(REPL_EXT)
+	    $(INSTALL) -p -m 644 ascii.spc $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)/ascii$(SPEC_EXT) 
+	    $(INSTALL) -p -m 644 tex.spc $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)/tex$(SPEC_EXT) 
+	    $(INSTALL) -p -m 644 ascii.rpl $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)/ascii$(REPL_EXT)
+	    $(INSTALL) -p -m 644 tex.rpl $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)/tex$(REPL_EXT)
 install-charsets:
 	for i in *.txt; do\
-	   $(INSTALL) -m 0644 $$i $(installroot)$(LIB_DIR);\
+	   $(INSTALL) -p -m 0644 $$i $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(LIB_DIR);\
 	done
 install-dirs:
-	../mkinstalldirs $(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)
+	../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(LIB_DIR)
 distclean:
 	rm Makefile
diff -up catdoc-0.95/doc/Makefile.in.makefilefix catdoc-0.95/doc/Makefile.in
--- catdoc-0.95/doc/Makefile.in.makefilefix	2017-06-20 14:17:55.494732868 -0400
+++ catdoc-0.95/doc/Makefile.in	2017-06-20 14:20:00.266641962 -0400
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ clean:
             wordview.txt wordview.ps build
 install: @installtargets@
 install-catdoc: catdoc.1 xls2csv.1 catppt.1
-	../mkinstalldirs $(installroot)$(mandir)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 catdoc.1 $(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/catdoc.1
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 xls2csv.1 $(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/xls2csv.1
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 catppt.1 $(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/catppt.1
+	../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 catdoc.1 $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/catdoc.1
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 xls2csv.1 $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/xls2csv.1
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 catppt.1 $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/catppt.1
 install-wordview:	
-	../mkinstalldirs $(installroot)$(mandir)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 wordview.1 $(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/wordview.1
+	../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(mandir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 wordview.1 $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/wordview.1
 distclean: clean
 	$(RM)  Makefile catdoc.1 xls2csv.1 catppt.1 wordview.1
 
diff -up catdoc-0.95/src/Makefile.in.makefilefix catdoc-0.95/src/Makefile.in
--- catdoc-0.95/src/Makefile.in.makefilefix	2016-04-26 11:13:38.000000000 -0400
+++ catdoc-0.95/src/Makefile.in	2017-06-20 14:17:55.494732868 -0400
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ catppt: $(OBJPPT)
 
 install: @installtargets@
 install-catdoc:catdoc xls2csv catppt 
-	../mkinstalldirs $(installroot)$(bindir)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 catdoc $(installroot)$(bindir)/catdoc
-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 xls2csv $(installroot)$(bindir)/xls2csv
-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 catppt $(installroot)$(bindir)/catppt
+	../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(bindir)
+	$(INSTALL) -p -m 755 catdoc $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(bindir)/catdoc
+	$(INSTALL) -p -m 755 xls2csv $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(bindir)/xls2csv
+	$(INSTALL) -p -m 755 catppt $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(bindir)/catppt
 install-wordview: wordview 
 	../mkinstalldirs $(installroot)$(bindir)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 wordview $(installroot)$(bindir)/wordview
+	$(INSTALL) -p -m 755 wordview $(DESTDIR)$(installroot)$(bindir)/wordview
 wordview: wordview.tcl
 	echo "#! $(WISH)" >wordview
 	echo set charset_lib "\"$(CHARSETPATH)\"">>wordview