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Re: About make install

From: Simon Richter <Simon dot Richter at hogyros dot de>
To: David Gómez <david at pleyades dot net>
Cc: automake at gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 22:56:20 +0200
Subject: Re: About make install
References: <20030528203903.GA19331@fargo>

David,

> This will make things easier for programs that need to know what files are
> being installed, so they can keep a list of installed packages, that can
> be updated, deleted, etc...

The canonical way to do this is to install into a separate dir and
create symlinks (e.g. using the GNU stow utility). Configure the package
as if you would install into the final location, then pass
"DESTDIR=<some dir>" to make install. This way, you get a separate
directory tree, so you can be absolutely sure what got installed.

HTH,
   Simon

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