Re: best way to copy a compiled pidgin to another netbook?
El día Friday, October 02, 2009 a las 09:22:58PM +0100, David Woolley escribió: Matthias Apitz wrote: Is there some way to make a distribution of the compiled workspace and move it as a tar ball to the EeePC for installation? Thanks in advance for any hint. I haven't tried this for Pidgin, but Pidgin's Makefile has a variable, DESTDIR, that looks as though it provides a false origin for installing. This seems to work in parts. I've set for a test and run 'gmake install' as normal user: $ DESTDIR=/tmp/local export DESTDIR $ gmake install this gives file below /tmp/local: $ find /tmp/local/ /tmp/local/ /tmp/local/usr /tmp/local/usr/local /tmp/local/usr/local/share /tmp/local/usr/local/share/applications /tmp/local/usr/local/share/applications/pidgin.desktop /tmp/local/usr/local/etc /tmp/local/usr/local/etc/gconf /tmp/local/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas /tmp/local/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas/purple.schemas but the installation fails for libpurple: ... Making install in plugins Making install in perl Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architecture dependent library tree ERROR: Can't create '/usr/local/lib/purple-2/perl' Do not have write permissions on '/usr/local/lib/purple-2/perl' ... I'll try to move the full source tree to the EeePC and try the 'gmake install' there... Thanks for your hint. matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Vote NO to EU The Lisbon Treaty: http://www.no-means-no.eu ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: best way to copy a compiled pidgin to another netbook?
Matthias Apitz wrote: Is there some way to make a distribution of the compiled workspace and move it as a tar ball to the EeePC for installation? Thanks in advance for any hint. I haven't tried this for Pidgin, but Pidgin's Makefile has a variable, DESTDIR, that looks as though it provides a false origin for installing. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work. ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
