Make install fails because it wants to write to directories i don't have access to

[Brett Bell <br...@gmail.com>]

I am having problems building the Subversion  1.1 tar ball

I can successfully go throught the configure and make steps of the
build process but the make install step fails as it's trying to write
to a part of the file system I don't have rights to because I am
trying to install Subversion in a shell account.  Is there a way to
overide the default so I can  get make install to put all the files
it's building into the areas I can write to?

Here is the output I get:

mkdir /usr/local/apr
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/apr': Permission denied
mkdir /usr/local/apr/include
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/apr/include': No such file
or directory
mkdir /usr/local/apr/include/apr-0
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/apr/include/apr-0': No such
file or directory

kind regards

Brett

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Re: Make install fails because it wants to write to directories i don't have access to

[Raye Raskin <ra...@pobox.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Bell" <br...@gmail.com>
To: <us...@subversion.tigris.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 2:47 AM
Subject: Make install fails because it wants to write to directories i don't have access to


>I am having problems building the Subversion  1.1 tar ball
> 
> I can successfully go throught the configure and make steps of the
> build process but the make install step fails as it's trying to write
> to a part of the file system I don't have rights to because I am
> trying to install Subversion in a shell account.  Is there a way to
> overide the default so I can  get make install to put all the files
> it's building into the areas I can write to?
> 
> Here is the output I get:
> 
> mkdir /usr/local/apr
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/apr': Permission denied
> mkdir /usr/local/apr/include
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/apr/include': No such file
> or directory
> mkdir /usr/local/apr/include/apr-0
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/apr/include/apr-0': No such
> file or directory
> 
> kind regards
> 
> Brett

I'd say you need to do one of the following:

  log in as root to do the install
or
  get a sysadmin to create the above directories and change ownership
    (temporarily) for you to be able to write to them
or
  edit (or ./configure) the makefiles to install elsewhere

My $.02


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Re: Make install fails because it wants to write to directories i don't have access to

[Eric Hanchrow <of...@blarg.net>]

Re-run `configure', and pass it something like ``--prefix=/some/directory/you/do/have/write/access/to''
-- 
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"Master, does Emacs have the Buddha nature?" the novice asked.
The Master Programmer had been in the temple for many years and
could be relied upon to know these things.  He thought for
several minutes before replying.  "I don't see why not.  It's
bloody well got everything else."


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