What to do after "make install"

[pato wlmc]

Well i installed a program, supose it's name is "myprogram"

So the base folder of the program is my desktop. So i did:
patowlmc@patowlmc-desktop:~$cd /home/patowlmc/Desktop/myprogram

patowlmc@patowlmc-desktop:~$ ./configure

patowlmc@patowlmc-desktop:~$ make

patowlmc@patowlmc-desktop:~$ sudo su

root@patowlmc-desktop:/home/patowlmc# make install


Everything on the desktop.

But now what should i do with that folder? Move it? if so, to where should i move it?

I's actually the first program i install this way so i don't really know what to do xD

Thanks for your answers, i'm really a newbie to ubuntu, so please don't be rude jeje

[squaregoldfish]

make install should have installed the program in the system directories (/usr/bin or /usr/local/bin), so you should be able to simply run the program from the command line.

You don't really need to keep the source directory any more, but I would suggest you keep it somewhere safe just in case you need it in the future.

Steve.

[steveneddy]

Well i installed a program, supose it's name is "myprogram"

So the base folder of the program is my desktop. So i did:
patowlmc@patowlmc-desktop:~$cd /home/patowlmc/Desktop/myprogram

patowlmc@patowlmc-desktop:~$ ./configure

patowlmc@patowlmc-desktop:~$ make

patowlmc@patowlmc-desktop:~$ sudo su

root@patowlmc-desktop:/home/patowlmc# make install


Everything on the desktop.

But now what should i do with that folder? Move it? if so, to where should i move it?

I's actually the first program i install this way so i don't really know what to do xD

Thanks for your answers, i'm really a newbie to ubuntu, so please don't be rude jeje

First of all you didn't have to do


sudo su

because


sudo <command>

executes the command with root privileges. What you just did was redundant.

I assume you meant the folder that came with the downloaded application. Delete the folder - the computer needs it no more.

[pato wlmc]

Thanks, both of you, problem solved jeje.