I went ahead and tried the command but it failed miserably... pi@rpi3-jessie:~/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1 $ make all install FPC="/home/pi/bin/fpc/3.0.0" INSTALL_PREFIX="/home/pi/bin/fpc/3.0.2RC1" OPT="-dFPC_ARMHF" make: execvp: /home/pi/bin/fpc/3.0.0: Permission denied make compiler_cycle RELEASE=1 make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1' make[1]: execvp: /home/pi/bin/fpc/3.0.0: Permission denied make -C compiler cycle make[2]: Entering directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' make[2]: execvp: /home/pi/bin/fpc/3.0.0: Permission denied make tempclean ppc3.exe make[3]: Entering directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' make[3]: execvp: /home/pi/bin/fpc/3.0.0: Permission denied /bin/rm -f ppcross ppc ppc1.exe ppc2.exe ppc3.exe ./msg2inc.exe pp1.wpo pp2.wpo make 'OLDFPC=' next CYCLELEVEL=1 make[4]: Entering directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' make[4]: execvp: /home/pi/bin/fpc/3.0.0: Permission denied make rtlclean rtl make[5]: Entering directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' make[5]: execvp: /home/pi/bin/fpc/3.0.0: Permission denied make -C clean make[6]: Entering directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' make[6]: *** clean: No such file or directory. Stop. make[6]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' Makefile:4154: recipe for target 'rtlclean' failed make[5]: *** [rtlclean] Error 2 make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' Makefile:4043: recipe for target 'next' failed make[4]: *** [next] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' Makefile:4048: recipe for target 'ppc1.exe' failed make[3]: *** [ppc1.exe] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' Makefile:4060: recipe for target 'cycle' failed make[2]: *** [cycle] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1/compiler' Makefile:2816: recipe for target 'compiler_cycle' failed make[1]: *** [compiler_cycle] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/dev/fpc/3.0.2RC1' Makefile:2848: recipe for target 'build-stamp.-' failed make: *** [build-stamp.-] Error 2
Why are these permissions denied when I operate in my home directory tree? Do I really need to use sudo to build fpc? -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal