diff -Nru anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/anjuta_dirs.c anjuta-1.1.98/src/anjuta_dirs.c
--- anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/anjuta_dirs.c	2003-06-26 06:41:48.000000000 +0200
+++ anjuta-1.1.98/src/anjuta_dirs.c	2003-11-11 20:23:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 AnjutaDirs*
 anjuta_dirs_new()
 {
+	gchar *home_etc = getenv("HOME_ETC");
 	AnjutaDirs *ad;
 	ad = g_malloc (sizeof (AnjutaDirs));
 	if (ad)
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 		ad->help = anjuta_res_get_help_dir ();
 		ad->doc = anjuta_res_get_doc_dir ();
 		ad->home = g_strdup (g_get_home_dir ());
-		ad->settings = g_strconcat (ad->home, "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX, NULL);
+		ad->settings = g_strconcat (home_etc ? home_etc : ad->home, "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX, NULL);
 		ad->first_time = FALSE;
 
 		if (file_is_directory (ad->settings) == FALSE)
diff -Nru anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/anjuta-plugins.c anjuta-1.1.98/src/anjuta-plugins.c
--- anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/anjuta-plugins.c	2003-04-15 13:05:21.000000000 +0200
+++ anjuta-1.1.98/src/anjuta-plugins.c	2003-11-11 20:32:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 gboolean anjuta_plugins_load(void)
 {
 	gchar *plugin_dir;
-	char const * const home_dir = getenv ("HOME");
+	char const * const home_dir = getenv("HOME_ETC") ? getenv("HOME_ETC") : getenv ("HOME");
 	app->addIns_list = scan_AddIns_in_directory(app, PACKAGE_PLUGIN_DIR, NULL);
 	/* Load the user plugins */
 	if (home_dir != NULL)
diff -Nru anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/main.c anjuta-1.1.98/src/main.c
--- anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/main.c	2003-11-11 20:18:35.000000000 +0100
+++ anjuta-1.1.98/src/main.c	2003-11-11 20:26:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@
 {
 	gchar *config_file, *config_dir;
 	gchar *config_version;
+	gchar *home_etc = getenv("HOME_ETC");
 	PropsID prop;
 	
-	config_dir = g_strconcat(g_get_home_dir(), "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX, NULL);
+	config_dir = g_strconcat(home_etc ? home_etc : g_get_home_dir(), "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX, NULL);
 	config_file = g_strconcat(config_dir, "/session.properties", NULL);
 	
 	prop = prop_set_new();
diff -Nru anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/mainmenu_callbacks.c anjuta-1.1.98/src/mainmenu_callbacks.c
--- anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/mainmenu_callbacks.c	2003-11-06 13:10:40.000000000 +0100
+++ anjuta-1.1.98/src/mainmenu_callbacks.c	2003-11-11 20:28:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -1999,7 +1999,8 @@
 on_edit_user_properties1_activate           (GtkMenuItem     *menuitem,
                                         gpointer         user_data)
 {
-	gchar* user_propfile = g_strconcat (app->dirs->home, "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX "/user.properties", NULL);
+	gchar* home_etc = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+	gchar* user_propfile = g_strconcat (home_etc ? home_etc : app->dirs->home, "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX "/user.properties", NULL);
 	anjuta_goto_file_line_mark (user_propfile, 1, FALSE);
 	g_free (user_propfile);
 }
diff -Nru anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/preferences.c anjuta-1.1.98/src/preferences.c
--- anjuta-1.1.98.orig/src/preferences.c	2003-09-09 08:55:02.000000000 +0200
+++ anjuta-1.1.98/src/preferences.c	2003-11-11 20:30:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@
 anjuta_preferences_instance_init (AnjutaPreferences *pr)
 {
 	gchar *propdir, *propfile, *str;
+	gchar *home_etc = getenv("HOME_ETC");
 	
 	pr->priv = g_new0(AnjutaPreferencesPriv, 1);
 	pr->priv->properties = NULL;
@@ -1086,7 +1087,7 @@
 	g_free (propfile);
 	g_free (propdir);
 
-	propdir = g_strconcat (g_get_home_dir(), "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX "/", NULL);
+	propdir = g_strconcat (home_etc ? home_etc : g_get_home_dir(), "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX "/", NULL);
 	propfile = g_strconcat (propdir, "user.properties", NULL);
 	
 	/* Create user.properties file, if it doesn't exist */
@@ -1100,7 +1101,7 @@
 	g_free (propdir);
 	g_free (propfile);
 
-	propdir = g_strconcat (g_get_home_dir(), "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX "/", NULL);
+	propdir = g_strconcat (home_etc ? home_etc : g_get_home_dir(), "/.anjuta" PREF_SUFFIX "/", NULL);
 	propfile = g_strconcat (propdir, "session.properties", NULL);
 	prop_read (pr->props_session, propfile, propdir);
 	g_free (propdir);