Hi Ragia,
2009/7/5 Ragia Ibrahim <ragi...@hotmail.com>: > Hi all " > I am new linx user (2 weeks ago) Welcome! > I need to run[ make install ] in specific folder but i got the following > Error "Permission denied" > how can I change folder permission to make this.. > the error is as follow... What are you trying to install? I will add some notes further down on how to do what you are asking, but it may be that they is an easier way to get to your end goal. > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file > `/usr/local/bin/gift-old-to-new-url2fts.pl': Permission denied > /usr/bin/install -c 'gift-start.pl' '/usr/local/bin/gift-start.pl' > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/gift-start.pl': > Permission denied > /usr/bin/install -c 'gift-diagnose-print-all-ADI.pl' > '/usr/local/bin/gift-diagnose-print-all-ADI.pl' > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file > `/usr/local/bin/gift-diagnose-print-all-ADI.pl': Permission denied > make[3]: *** [install-binSCRIPTS] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/ragia/gift/scripts/perl' > What you are looking for is sudo. On ubuntu, sudo temporarily elevates your permssions, have a read of this page for an overview on it and it's usage: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo Hope That Helps, Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/