I thought perhaps it was the directory bu the directory was ~/Downloads .
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Michael <
bmike1@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@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@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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