Install vs. real install

From GoboLinux Knowledge Base

Usually, during software installation, the install program is used to copy files to their destination directories with the proper attributes. Many times, the ownership of files must be given to the superuser and programs that are not aware of GoboLinux do this by running install passing the superuser name hardcoded to root. Since the superuser name in GoboLinux is configurable (as a sample, in the LiveCD it is set to gobo), this results in an error. The hack used to solve this problem follows.

/System/Links/Executables/install points to the install script from the Scripts package, not to the install program from the FileUtils package. This install script translates the superuser name and forwards the real installation work to real_install, which is, as the name suggests, a symlink to the "real" install from FileUtils.