compile image viewer geeqie

[sean]

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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>>>>> Stephen
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