--- a/charsets/Makefile.in
+++ b/charsets/Makefile.in
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
 
 all: @charsetcheck@
 clean:
-install: install-dirs install-spc install-charsets
-install-spc: tex.spc ascii.spc tex.rpl ascii.rpl
+install: install-spc install-charsets
+install-spc: install-dirs 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-charsets:
+install-charsets: install-dirs
 	for i in *.txt; do\
 	   $(INSTALL) -m 0644 $$i $(installroot)$(LIB_DIR);\
 	done
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
             xls2csv.txt xls2csv.ps \
             wordview.txt wordview.ps build
 install: @installtargets@
-install-catdoc: catdoc.1 xls2csv.1 catppt.1
-	../mkinstalldirs $(installroot)$(mandir)
+install-dirs:
+	../mkinstalldirs $(installroot)$(mandir)/man1
+install-catdoc: install-dirs catdoc.1 xls2csv.1 catppt.1
 	$(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
-install-wordview:	
-	../mkinstalldirs $(installroot)$(mandir)
+install-wordview: install-dirs
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 wordview.1 $(installroot)$(mandir)/man1/wordview.1
 distclean: clean
 	$(RM)  Makefile catdoc.1 xls2csv.1 catppt.1 wordview.1