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@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@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@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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