On 17.11.2014 17:55, Sainadh J wrote: > Hello, > > while installing the packages i saw > NOTE > If you installed the package on to your system using a “DESTDIR” method, an > important file was not installed and must be copied and/or generated. > Generate it using the following command as the root user: > gtk-query-immodules-2.0 --update-cache > > > what is meant by?i am confusing about this whether i installed it or not? > could any body please give me a clarity about this?thanks in advance. > > >
TL;DR If you don't know what DESTDIR method is then you probably don't need to be worrying about the note at all. But, I'll try to clarify it a bit: DESTDIR method generally means that a package wasn't installed to root fs using make install, but rather was installed somwehere else, by using "make install DESTDIR=/path/to/whatever" (equivalents to DESTDIR apply too, since not every package uses DESTDIR, there are similar env vars which do more or less the same) and using certain package managing methods (optinonally) modified and copied (read: installed) to the root fs (/). This is how most, if not all package managers work - they build a package, install it to a destdir (sometimes also refered to as "fake root"), did some modifications (if any), created a binary package (using many ways) and let the user install it to their system (root partition, /) using a package manager. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.
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