Dear Benoit Thanks for the advice. After setting root password with "sudo passwd root" I could then follow your instructions and everything works
Thanks again Bill Lancaster Benoît Minisini wrote: > >> Bill-Lancaster a écrit : >> > Jean - thanks for the quick reply. >> > I get "permission denied" when I try to navigate to root. >> >> whao, I think you misunderstood me: I didn't say cd to /root, >> I said BE the root user. (but anyway, that is not normal to be >> refused /root access as a user @ least for read, except of course >> for some sensible files) >> >> If you don't know how to go to root from user, type: >> su - (the '-' IS important: man su) >> then enter the password of root user; >> normally the prompt will change from '$' (user) to '#' (root) >> and you'll be really root user. >> >> When you reach this point, 'cd /pathofzesource', 'make clean', >> './configure', and 'make install' should do the work. > > Just "make install". All other commands must be run as a normal user. > > -- > Benoît > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Installing-Gambas2-tp25202728p25209369.html Sent from the gambas-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user