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i just installed gcc4.9 in my home/myname/gcc-4.9 directory, I did the following: 

1. cd /home/myname/gcc-source (where i have to run the config script)
2. ./configure --prefix=/home/myname/gcc-4.9  (and flags) 
3. make && make install  
4. now all the lib, bin, include etc folders are in /home/myname/gcc-4.9  directory.

I accidentally did a make clean in the /home/myname/gcc-source/ directory and it started removing a lot of files which were make'ed.

Will my gcc still work ? I didnt see any files getting deleted from /home/myname/gcc-4.9 folder as such.

Or should i do ./configure and make && make install again ?

pugs
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  • yes it will work. "make install" installs everything under /home/myname/gcc-4.9. make clean just removes .o and exe but it does not touch install path – Sasi V May 17 '14 at 19:55
  • `make clean` does not affect installed files so it's safe to do. You can also remove the entire source tree and build directory if you want. – n. m. could be an AI May 17 '14 at 19:55

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Will my gcc still work ?

Yes!

make && make install consists of two parts:

  1. make - compile (create executable)
  2. make install - copy compiled executable to appropriate directory

make clean undoes result of make, but does not touch result of make install (i.e. your program stays installed)

dnsmkl
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