From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Adam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Problem trying to make install emacs 21.3 on Linux. Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:24:31 GMT Organization: n/a Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051712975 11271 80.91.224.249 (30 Apr 2003 14:29:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:29:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 30 16:29:32 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19AsaS-0002vK-00 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:29:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19AsWe-0001Ex-07 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:25:37 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news-xfer.cox.net!cox.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-text.cableinet.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 34 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.194.70.67 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk Original-X-Trace: news-text.cableinet.net 1051712671 80.194.70.67 (Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:24:31 BST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:24:31 BST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112568 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9064 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9064 I just downloaded and unpacked emacs-21.3.tar.gz and leim-21.3.tar.gz. OK through "./configure --prefix=/usr", "make" and "su". But "make install" fails with the following: Installing utilities for users to run. for file in etags ctags emacsclient b2m ebrowse ; do /usr/bin/install -c ${file} =/usr/bin/${file} ; chmod a+rx =/usr/bin/${file}; done /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `=/usr/bin/etags': No such file or directory chmod: failed to get attributes of `=/usr/bin/etags': No such file or directory /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `=/usr/bin/ctags': No such file or directory chmod: failed to get attributes of `=/usr/bin/ctags': No such file or directory /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `=/usr/bin/emacsclient': No such file or directory chmod: failed to get attributes of `=/usr/bin/emacsclient': No such file or directory /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `=/usr/bin/b2m': No such file or directory chmod: failed to get attributes of `=/usr/bin/b2m': No such file or directory /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `=/usr/bin/ebrowse': No such file or directory chmod: failed to get attributes of `=/usr/bin/ebrowse': No such file or directory make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/scratch/emacs-21.3/lib-src' make: *** [install-arch-dep] Error 2 although all the relevant files are present in ./lib-src! Any suggestions? (I'm running Mandrake 8.2 if it matters.)