24.5. Package Installation
Having successfully built a GNU Autotools–managed package, a systems administrator will typically want to install the binaries, libraries, and headers of the package. The GNU standards dictate that this be done with the command make install, and indeed Automake always generates 'Makefile's, which work in this way.
Unfortunately, this make install command is often thwarted by the peculiarities of Windows' file system. Often after an apparently successful installation, the Windows installation conventions are not always satisfied; therefore, the installed package may not work, even though the uninstalled build is fully operational.
A couple of issues merit discussion:
Prior to release 1.1.0, the Cygwin install program ...
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