list of installed files during "make install"

[James Gray]

On 06/10/2008, at 4:15 PM, P Kapat wrote:

> When installing a package from source, we do "make install". Is there
> anyway to get the list of files that "make install" is going to
> install before actually installing them. This is not a
> kubuntu-specific issue, but I guess someone will know some trick!

Not exactly the answer to your question, but try installing  
"checkinstall" which automagically generates a .deb for whatever it is  
you are trying to compile.  The basic idea is you replace the "make  
install" step with "checkinstall" instead.  The general sequence of  
events goes like this:

1. sudo apt-get install checkinstall
2. Download you source tar ball, extract, etc
3. ./configure --with-any-options --etc
4. make
5. sudo checkinstall
6. sudo dpkg -i the-generated.deb

Voila.  Instead of #6, you could interrogate the package for what  
files it contains etc.  The benefit of this approach is that if you  
ever want to get rid of the program, you can simply use the familiar  
apt/dpk/aptitude/synaptic/whateverFloatsYourBoat package management  
tools :)

HTH,

James
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