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How to check if a package is installed while installing with make

sariii

10/6/23, 5:18 PM

Lets say I want to install a package like kenlm. I have used this link to install it and it got installed without raising any error.

Now how can I check where in my machine it has been installed?
Why when I use dpkg -L kenlm it says "this is not installed"? But when I use locate -I KenLM I can find it in /usr/local/share/kenlm?

I know my question is naive since Im new in this era but

when we install the packages using make and cmake whether checking the installation (where those have been installed or those been installed correctly) is different from pip install?

Appreciate any help.

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user535733

10/6/23, 6:37 PM

-1: Looks like you jumped past the basic terms "compile", "package", "package manager", and without those fundamentals everything beyond is a senseless muddle. The misuse of basic terms makes this question needlessly confusing for future readers.

sariii

10/6/23, 6:45 PM

How about you suggest that I need to read those stuff? like I said Im 100% new and even did not know where to start!

user535733

10/6/23, 6:50 PM

We're not judging you. Kudos for asking the question. The -1 is merely an evaluation of the suitability for future readers. You cannot really be "100% new" if you are using makefiles successfully; those can be strange beasts.

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Pilot6

10/6/23, 5:24 PM

By using make or cmake you are not installing packages.

You build software from sources. There is no fixed way to "check the installation".

You can look into a Makefile and see what files are supposed to be installed and where.

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sariii

10/6/23, 5:28 PM

thanks so much for the response. even when we use `make install` at the end still not installing package? so just building the software from source code where it sits and how it helps with other projects?

Pilot6

10/6/23, 5:29 PM

When you run `make install`, some scripts from Makefile are run. And no, it has nothing to do with "installing a package". The whole point of packages is to avoid all this.

sariii

10/6/23, 5:40 PM

Ohh I didn't know that, thanks a lottt. Just the last question. lets say my final goal is to install `flashlight` https://github.com/flashlight/flashlight and in its dependencies it says to install (build KenLM). I just need to follow the instruction and build the dependencies and then build the `flashlight`. `Flashlight` just need to know where those dependencies has been built, is this saying correct? And if we have `python binding` it means that its kind of installation?

sariii

10/6/23, 5:40 PM

so we build `flashlight` and then use the python bindings or they are independent? (I know its kinda different question but appreciate to shed light on this too). Thanks a loot!!

Pilot6

10/6/23, 5:41 PM

I am not aware hoe flashlight should be installed.

steeldriver

10/6/23, 5:42 PM

@sariii you could consider using [checkinstall](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall) to *create* a package - it's available from the universe repository but I'm not sure how actively maintained it is

sariii

10/6/23, 5:42 PM

I don't care specifically about the flashlight. I just want to learn the logic. When there is instruction to build a package and also there is a python bindings installation, what does that mean @Pilot6

Pilot6

10/6/23, 5:45 PM

Please ask a separate question with more details.

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