On 05/12/2010, at 4:03 PM, John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 05 December 2010 08:09:55 Craig Bradney wrote:
>
>>>
>>> So I moved to the top level directory /scribus-1.3.9 and tried
>>> the same command.
>>> Same error.
>>
>> Try putting the . at the end:
>>
>> cmake -DWANT_CAIRO=1 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/scribus1.3.9
> .
>
> That little dot at the end says "use the current directory as the
> target directory." There has to be a space as separator before the
> period or it won't work. The period is actually a (very short)
> parameter, not a terminator as in text.
>
> BTW since I cut my Linux eyeteeth back in the day when it came on
> multiple 5.5" floppy images (i.e. original Slackware) I am used to
> operating as the root user or administrator when it is useful to do
> so. Hence when using a Debian derivative partition (Debian, Kubuntu,
> Ubuntu or my favorite: Knoppix) I do this command one time:
>
> sudo passwd root myfavoritepassword
>
>> From that day forward I can sign on as root, just like a real adult
> who has 42 years of computer programming and operation under his belt.
> No more typing sudo all over the place.
>
> passwd is not a misspelling in this
However nobody would recommend running as root
Don't do it, it's like running Windows. Eew, bad for your PC's health.
Craig
