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

On Oct 3, 2006, at 1:01 PM, <sleepy_square-svn@yahoo.com>
<sleepy_square-svn@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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???

/usr/local is usually owned by root. You need root access to write
to it. This is pretty basic, methinks.

-a

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Received on Wed Oct 4 06:46:29 2006