diff --git a/katabatic/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt b/katabatic/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt
index 774ac201..c8ad6407 100644
--- a/katabatic/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/katabatic/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-install ( FILES FindKATABATIC.cmake DESTINATION /share/cmake_modules ) 
+install ( FILES FindKATABATIC.cmake DESTINATION share/cmake_modules ) 
diff --git a/katabatic/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/katabatic/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 75bc8217..5bb863ab 100644
--- a/katabatic/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/katabatic/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-               set ( htmlInstallDir  /share/doc/en/html/katabatic )
-               set ( latexInstallDir /share/doc/en/latex/katabatic )
+               set ( htmlInstallDir  share/doc/en/html/katabatic )
+               set ( latexInstallDir share/doc/en/latex/katabatic )
 
  add_custom_target ( doc ALL cd ${KATABATIC_SOURCE_DIR}/doc && ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} doxyfile )
 
diff --git a/katabatic/src/CMakeLists.txt b/katabatic/src/CMakeLists.txt
index be833270..ca39324c 100644
--- a/katabatic/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/katabatic/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endif ( CHECK_DETERMINISM )
                                     ${LEFDEF_LIBRARIES}
                                     ${OA_LIBRARIES}
                        )
-               install ( TARGETS katabatic DESTINATION /lib)
+               install ( TARGETS katabatic DESTINATION lib)
                install ( FILES ${includes}
-                               ${mocIncludes} DESTINATION /include/coriolis/katabatic ) 
+                               ${mocIncludes} DESTINATION include/coriolis/katabatic )