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@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@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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>>>
>>>> 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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