https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2166387&group_id=101612&atid=630105

--- Makefile.in	2008-10-14 16:39:34 +0000
+++ Makefile.in	2008-10-14 16:38:51 +0000
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 	${INSTALL} -m 644 detox.1 ${DESTDIR}${mandir}/man1
 	${INSTALL} -m 644 detoxrc.5 detox.tbl.5 ${DESTDIR}${mandir}/man5
 
-install-safe-config:
+install-safe-config: install-base
 	@if [ ! -f ${DESTDIR}${sysconfdir}/detoxrc ]; then \
 		${INSTALL} -m 644 detoxrc ${DESTDIR}${sysconfdir}; \
 	else \
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@
 		echo "${DESTDIR}${datadir}/detox/unicode.tbl exists, skipping"; \
 	fi
 
-install-unsafe-config:
+install-unsafe-config: install-base
 	${INSTALL} -m 644 detoxrc ${DESTDIR}${sysconfdir}
 	${INSTALL} -m 644 iso8859_1.tbl ${DESTDIR}${datadir}/detox
 	${INSTALL} -m 644 unicode.tbl ${DESTDIR}${datadir}/detox
 
-install-sample-config:
+install-sample-config: install-base
 	${INSTALL} -m 644 detoxrc ${DESTDIR}${sysconfdir}/detoxrc.sample
 	${INSTALL} -m 644 iso8859_1.tbl ${DESTDIR}${datadir}/detox/iso8859_1.tbl.sample
 	${INSTALL} -m 644 unicode.tbl ${DESTDIR}${datadir}/detox/unicode.tbl.sample