Re: [SLUG] /bin/install

2006-03-24 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 05:00:11PM +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote:
 I am trying to compile a program that complains about /bin/install
 being missing. Is this a standard program? I'm running Ubuntu Breezy.

It's /usr/bin/install on my machine (fedora)

It's pretty standard.  If the system doesn't have it,
packages distribute their own as part of autoconf/configure.

Matt


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Re: [SLUG] /bin/install

2006-03-24 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:04:43 +1100
Matthew Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 05:00:11PM +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote:
  I am trying to compile a program that complains about /bin/install
  being missing. Is this a standard program? I'm running Ubuntu
  Breezy.
 
 It's /usr/bin/install on my machine (fedora)

Spot on! Thanks for that.

 
 It's pretty standard.  If the system doesn't have it,
 packages distribute their own as part of autoconf/configure.
 
 Matt
 
 
 


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Re: [SLUG] /bin/install

2006-03-24 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Alan L Tyree wrote:

 I am trying to compile a program that complains about /bin/install
 being missing. Is this a standard program? I'm running Ubuntu Breezy.

The command 'dpkg -S' tells me its in the coreutils package:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  dpkg -S /usr/bin/install
coreutils: /usr/bin/install

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