On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 09:11:37PM +0000, David Armstrong wrote:
Could anyone help a new guy compile GRASS 5b6
running linux mandrake 7
having ran ./configure then make i get the following error :-
root@localhost grass5.0beta]# make
if [ ! -d /usr/local/grass-5.0b ]; then mkdir /usr/local/grass-5.0b ; fi
if [ ! -d src/CMD/next_step ]; then mkdir src/CMD/next_step ; fi
/root/.bashrc UNIX_BIN=/usr/local/bin SRC=`pwd` GISBASE=/usr/local/grass-5.0b MACHINENAME=`uname -n` /bin/sh src/CMD/generic/CREATE_GMAKE.sh
/bin/sh: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied / ************ error ******************/
What are the permissions on /root/.bashrc ? and does it exist?
The line in the Makefile that's giving you grief is in the pre-install:
${ENV} ${MAKE_GMAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_POST_ENV} ${SHELL}
src/CMD/generic/CREATE_GMAKE.sh
It's calling the program "env" to modify the environment for
compilation, and it's trying to source your /root/.bashrc. If it doesn't
exist, just do "touch /root/.bashrc" to create an empty file.
Unfortunately, grass is still a little braindamaged in the
compilation/installation. It's generally recommended to never compile
things as root 'cause "Bad things can happen". I'd recommend giving
yourself write privledges to /usr/local. I don't know what the group
settings are for /usr/local on Mandrake, but mine are root.staff. So, by
adding myself to the group staff "adduser <username> <group>", I have
write persmission to /usr/local. Then I just "make install" as a normal
user. It'd be better if GRASS's "make" or "make all" would just compile
the binaries but not install them, then you could "su -c 'make
install'". But, for various reasons, that's currently not possible.
Hope the above helps.
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