Sorry, my mistake: I didn't notice the "ptmp" prefix. Reminder to self: don't post without a proper night's sleep.
We install SQLite3 to a custom path here (on Solaris, without Tcl support enabled) with no problem, so I don't know what's happening in your situation. -- James > -----Original Message----- > From: Smith1, Robert E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [sqlite] --prefix > > Why isn't it trying to install to /ptmp/usr/local since that is the > value I gave --prefix?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Dennett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [sqlite] --prefix > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Smith1, Robert E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:12 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [sqlite] --prefix > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to install sqlite3 on Sun Solaris 2.8. I am not root so I > > cannot install to /usr/local. I start configure with > > --prefix=/ptmp/usr/local to try to get it to install to a different > > directory. But I get the same > > > > error: > > > > /ptmp/bld/> make install > > > > tclsh ../sqlite-3.3.17/tclinstaller.tcl 3.3 > > > > can't create directory "/usr/local/lib/tcl8.4/sqlite3": read-only file > > system > > > > while executing > > > > "file mkdir $LIBDIR/sqlite3" > > > > (file "../sqlite-3.3.17/tclinstaller.tcl" line 15) > > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `tcl_install' > > > > > > > > Is my syntax for --prefix correct and is that supposed to correct the > > above error? > > Looks like it's correct syntax, and that it's doing the right thing and > attempting to install under /usr/local -- but that the user account > you're using lacks permission to write there, possibly because > /usr/local is mounted as read-only (hence the "read-only file system" > message). > > -- James > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----- > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > --- > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > --- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

