Compiling in any folder will install in current or correct folder ?

anjanesh · 05-10-2006, 01:41 AM

When logged in SSH, I was looking at the /home/username folder. In that there were are 3 files - .bash_logout, .bash_profile and .bashrc files and public_ftp and public_html folders.
It was in this /home/username folder and I did (got this from the net)

Code:

wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mcrypt/libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz
tar -zxf libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz
cd libmcrypt-2.5.7
./configure --disable-posix-threads
compile and install:
make
make install

The installation is complete.

Question - Did I compile it in the wrong directory ? Or compiling it in any directory will have the package installed at the proper location ?

Should I have done this in some proper location (like Windows's C:\Program Files or C:\Widnows) ?

Thanks

reddazz · 05-10-2006, 03:07 AM

It doesn't matter where on your system you compile software. Usually it will be installed in the right place, but always watch out for packages that could be different.

blueAlien · 05-10-2006, 03:17 AM

If are wondering if anything is installed in the correct directory, you could always try searching for it.

whereis what_i_installed
slocate what_i_installed
find what_i_installed

If it is something that is executable try running the command outside of the install directory. If it works, then it is installed correctly, otherwise it won't run, and you'll get an error like "bash: what_i_installed: command not found"

Another great tip that AMAZINGLY took me way too long to learn is to check documentation files that come with the source, such as README, INSTALL, etc. These will almost always tell you where everything will be installed to, and what commands to issue to install and other options for installation.

anjanesh · 05-10-2006, 05:18 AM

I got this when Im under / folder

Code:

username@server [~]# find mcrypt
find: mcrypt: No such file or directory
username@server [~]#

reddazz · 05-10-2006, 08:44 AM

I think the file you downloaded is just a library so does not contain the mcrypt binary. If you look in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib you should have some files named libmcrypt*. If you need to install mcrypt, you will need to download and install it using the same procedure as you used to install the library.