diff --git a/kite/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt b/kite/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt
index 0cb75c1c..4825d1b1 100644
--- a/kite/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kite/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-install ( FILES FindKITE.cmake DESTINATION /share/cmake_modules ) 
+install ( FILES FindKITE.cmake DESTINATION share/cmake_modules ) 
diff --git a/kite/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/kite/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d6870ef..681dd933 100644
--- a/kite/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kite/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-               set ( htmlInstallDir  /share/doc/en/html/kite )
-               set ( latexInstallDir /share/doc/en/latex/kite )
+               set ( htmlInstallDir  share/doc/en/html/kite )
+               set ( latexInstallDir share/doc/en/latex/kite )
 
  add_custom_target ( doc ALL cd ${KITE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc && ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} doxyfile )
 
diff --git a/kite/src/CMakeLists.txt b/kite/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a7d8ab81..d138614f 100644
--- a/kite/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kite/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@
                                           ${OA_LIBRARIES}
                                           ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
                        )
-               install ( TARGETS          kite      DESTINATION /lib )
-               install ( TARGETS          kite-text DESTINATION /bin )
+               install ( TARGETS          kite      DESTINATION lib )
+               install ( TARGETS          kite-text DESTINATION bin )
 
                install ( FILES       ${includes}
-                                     ${mocIncludes} DESTINATION /include/coriolis/kite ) 
+                                     ${mocIncludes} DESTINATION include/coriolis/kite )