Index: global/common.sh
==================================================================
--- global/common.sh
+++ global/common.sh
@@ -6,15 +6,10 @@
 	test "${!var}" == "" || return 0
 	say "we were not able to detect a default value for the configuration variable \$$var. please set this variable to $2 and try again."
 	exit 1
 }
 
-#test "$to" = "" && {
-#	say "\$to environment variable must be set to your build directory - are you running this script by hand? run ./build.sh in the root directory instead!"
-#	exit 2
-#}
-
 reqpack() {
 	if ! has "$1"; then
 		say "to $2 for libk, install the $1 package and try again"
 		exit 3
 	fi

Index: install.sh
==================================================================
--- install.sh
+++ install.sh
@@ -14,31 +14,38 @@
 else
 	incdir="$prefix/include"
 	sharedir="$prefix/share"
 fi
 
+say "Starting install."
+
 # Libraries
 # These may or may not exist, depending on what library build is done, so check
+say "Installing libraries..."
 [ -e "$build/libk.a" ] && install -Dm644 -t "$libdir" "$build/libk.a"
 [ -e "$build/libk.so" ] && install -Dm644 -t "$libdir" "$build/libk.so"
 [ -e "$build/boot.o" ] && install -Dm644 -t "$libdir/libk" "$build/boot.o"
 
 # Binaries
+say "Installing binaries..."
 install -Dm755 -t "$bindir" "$build/kcore.testbin"
 install -Dm755 -t "$bindir" "$build/kcli.testbin"
 install -Dm755 -t "$bindir" "$build/kgraft.attach"
 
 # Includes
+say "Installing includes..."
 for inc in "$build"/k/*; do
 	install -Dm644 -t "$incdir/k" "$inc"
 done
 
 # Documentation
+say "Installing documentation..."
 for man in "$build"/doc/man/*; do
 	install -Dm644 -t "$sharedir/man" "$man"
 done
 for html in "$build"/doc/html/*; do
 	install -Dm644 -t "$sharedir/doc/libk/html" "$html"
 done
 for pdf in "$build"/doc/pdf/*; do
 	install -Dm644 -t "$sharedir/doc/libk/pdf" "$pdf"
 done
+say "Install done!"