compile image viewer geeqie

Tue Jan 26 11:39:06 MST 2016

I already did.... I am just taking this thread to the end for personal
edification.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:32 PM, sean <sean.a.ritzler at gmail.com> wrote:

> It depends on how you're trying to install it (e.g. system-wide for all
> users in common paths like /usr/bin vs. in your home directory for just
> you).
>
> The best way to install geeqie is with your package manager :-)
> On Jan 26, 2016 11:28 AM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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