Permissions Problem Installing apr Locally :: Can't create /usr/local/apr

I am installing subversion with its dependencies in my home directory on Red Hat Enterprise 3, using the source code. I don't have root access.

I set --prefix=$HOME and --exec-prefix=$HOME for configure.

During make install, it gives the error:
can't create /usr/local/apr

This also happens if I try to pre-install apr alone, even with setting --prefix and editing the configure file to change ac_default_prefix=/usr/local to be ac_default_prefix=$HOME

I've tried installing a dozen times with various permutations of options.

Help???

I really don't want to use CVS.

Thank you
Received on Wed Oct 4 04:51:26 2006