compile image viewer geeqie

[Michael]

what PREFIX do I need to specify?


On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:02 PM, sean <sean.a.ritzler at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, it's because you did not specify a PREFIX during the configure step
> and the default location /usr/local was used, which your user cannot write
> to. It says it right in the error message.
> On Jan 26, 2016 10:58 AM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I no longer have the files but I am thinking that my user wasn't the
>> owner of the file. If that were the case I suppose chown would have worked
>> if I didn't want to sudo!
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Stephen Partington <
>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> well that is the exact problem, you either elevate the process "sudo
>>> make install" or sudo "mkdir /path/to/where/it/belongs" plus a chomod/chown
>>> combination.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I thought perhaps it was the directory bu the directory was ~/Downloads
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> But how do you give him permission? unix only does file permissions.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Stephen Partington <
>>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, when building code that is to be used system wide you would
>>>>>> need to run the commands elevated (aka root/sudo). If the build is supposed
>>>>>> to run as a local user then making sure that the user you are running as
>>>>>> has rights to the location that it is touching (file permissions for
>>>>>> example) are in place.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> my question was more: how do I giv e it the permission to do the
>>>>>>> action..... but it is moot now because apt decided to work when I used it
>>>>>>> the second time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Stephen Partington <
>>>>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just to break down this error set your error all starts with an
>>>>>>>> inability to create a directory. Lack of permission.
>>>>>>>> On Jan 25, 2016 10:18 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to compile something and it is complaining about
>>>>>>>>> permisipns.
>>>>>>>>> What should I do to fix it?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> test -z "/usr/local/bin" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/bin"
>>>>>>>>>   /usr/bin/install -c geeqie '/usr/local/bin'
>>>>>>>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>>>>>>>>> ‘/usr/local/bin/geeqie’: Permission denied
>>>>>>>>> make[3]: *** [install-binPROGRAMS] Error 1
>>>>>>>>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bmike1/Downloads/geeqie-1.1/src'
>>>>>>>>> make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bmike1/Downloads/geeqie-1.1/src'
>>>>>>>>> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>>>>>>>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bmike1/Downloads/geeqie-1.1/src'
>>>>>>>>> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Stephen
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