thanks :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > "make install" tells make to look inside the makefile and execute the > instructions under the install area. It can literally do anything but it > also doesn't need to exist at all, it just usually does by convention. > > Brian > > > On 07/28/2014 01:11 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> what does that command do? I thought that it installed what you compiled >> with make. but at as I am working through linux from scratch I get to >> perl and it says: >> >> Only a few of the utilities and libraries, need to be installed at this >> time: >> cp -v perl cpan/podlators/pod2man /tools/bin >> mkdir -pv /tools/lib/perl5/5.18.2 >> cp -Rv lib/* /tools/lib/perl5/5.18.2 >> >> so is it installing the files with cp? is 'make install' just another >> way to say 'cp'? >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >