Re: OT: jack install problem for Ardour

From: Wolfgang Woehl ^lt;tito_at_rumford.de>
Date: 07/05/04 04:37 EDT
Message-Id: <200407051037.58564.tito@rumford.de>
Them <idragosani@chapelperilous.net>:
> Jim Dory wrote:
> > Next, I try a ./configure and get this:
> > ./configure: line 1150: config.log: Permission denied
>
> > Perhaps it is a simple permissions problem. I can configure jack as
> > root, but I get that error as a user.
>
> Did you extract the tarball as root or as a different user than what
> you are building with?  You ultimately need to be root to install
> anyway...

Permissions indeed. There is no sane reason to unpack, configure and 
make as root. (Side note on "make install": Use checkinstall to build 
rpms or debs. Makes life a lot easier.)

Wolfgang

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