compile image viewer geeqie

[Michael]

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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