Re: Why I can not install glib?

[Rick Jones <rick jones2 hp com>]

HU Li wrote:
> Dear Rick,
>
> Thank you very much. Then how can I change this path, i.e.,
> /usr/local/bin/_inst.17461_, to another directory? I think it must be
> specified in one configuration file.

I'm a little sketchy there, but perhaps the --prefix option to configure?

rick jones

> Best regards,
> HU Li(Harry Hu)
> PG Student, Dept.of EEE
> HKUST
>
>
>
> > HU Li wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > When I try to install glib-2.8.0 on a UNIX workstation, all the
> > > installation steps run properly except the last one: make install.
> > >
> > > The error message is as follows:
> > >
> > > make  install-recursive
> > > Making install in .
> > > /bin/bash ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/bin
> > > ./install-sh -c glib-gettextize /usr/local/bin/glib-gettextize
> > > cp: cannot create /usr/local/bin/_inst.17461_: Read-only file system
> > > *** Error code 2
> >
> > Well, that "Read-only file system" message when trying to create
> > /usr/local/bin/_inst.17461_ is probably the main clue.  My guess would
> > be that either /usr/local/bin is read-only, or perhaps your user id does
> > not have sufficient permissions to put files there.
> >
> > rick jones