From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Please help me to bug-fix the following install code: Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:40:53 +0200 Message-ID: <83plzi347e.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="3692"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 07 07:41:16 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rB84S-0000nD-7W for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:41:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rB83y-0007CZ-Hb; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 01:40:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rB83s-0007C9-Sr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 01:40:41 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rB83s-0003sw-IT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 01:40:40 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=ZTeie9lthniX647nf/e/xULu17N8ECxkWbOT1WDYz1k=; b=YV1jyjSFrqUc xvXn0pGV9pqqxuVow6EwBsj88Hmf4q5wyK/rliXb6VnV2J3E+6pxIEKoyMTs6w1gzMr/hRCywNIh+ arcXZIZ8MQHu/AHaZ7kqRhrR2qFSmLpUx6ltt9kpMHODzp+lRzxe45kS6f02Qe0iynWq6oJIK9VX1 6JAqrYiPDfkdKcK1U3vFvBNX55fPlkFy29y8dTDnfsI/hsmuPdz28PHwi/ZBa1x2HHN+C6Dy7TP5K GJKPSaXQjghv9NIaLB1q+tR7lMDAAIMD0QGdJPeR1A2xrpcUMcYc2WWrZv201X6kjvP6q3aXPIvLT SfvfvLSX8U1VUjsuGpPbFQ==; In-Reply-To: (message from Davin Pearson on Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:19:54 +1300) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:145627 Archived-At: > From: Davin Pearson > Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:19:54 +1300 > > Here is the copy of the xterm command output, but note that > it fails to build any files in the folder /usr/share/emacs > like it should do: Based on these error messages: > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/ > emacs.info': Permission denied > gzip: /usr/local/share/info/emacs.info: No such file or directory > install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/emacs.info > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/ > eintr.info': Permission denied > gzip: /usr/local/share/info/eintr.info: No such file or directory > install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/eintr.info > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/ > elisp.info': Permission denied > gzip: /usr/local/share/info/elisp.info: No such file or directory > install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/elisp.info > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/ > auth.info': Permission denied > gzip: /usr/local/share/info/auth.info: No such file or directory > install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/auth.info > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/ > autotype.info': Permission denied > gzip: /usr/local/share/info/autotype.info: No such file or directory > install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/ > autotype.info > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/ > bovine.info': Permission denied > gzip: /usr/local/share/info/bovine.info: No such file or directory > install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/ > bovine.info > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/ > calc.info': Permission denied my crystal ball says that your user lacks permissions to write to the /usr/local directory tree. The usual way of overcoming this kind of issues is to say $ sudo make install or log in as root and then say "make install".