Where is the results from make?
 

I am compiling curl from source.

I have a silly question.
The last two steps are
make
make install

All make install does is copy the files to their final locations.

After you run make where are the compiled files before you run make install?

Thanks.

Different locations for different projects and sources, but typically they will be in the same directory as the source from which they are compiled, and often the final executable will be in the same directory as the Makefile.

You should look at the install target in the Makefile for the application you are building and see what it copies and where it copies from.

Try this: