[GRASS-user] Trouble installing add-ons

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Dear all

I’m getting the following message when trying to install GRASS add-ons in my Debian Squeeze using g.extension. Any suggestion on how to proceed?
Thanks.

GRASS 6.4.0+42329 (dnos_sm_rs):~ > g.extension extension=r.boxcount svnurl=https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass-addons/grass6 prefix=/usr/lib/grass64
Fetching <r.boxcount> from GRASS-Addons SVN (be patient)…
A r.boxcount/file.c
A r.boxcount/bits.c
A r.boxcount/record.h
A r.boxcount/file.h
A r.boxcount/main.c
A r.boxcount/description.html
A r.boxcount/bits.h
A r.boxcount/sort.c
A r.boxcount/Makefile
A r.boxcount/sort.h
U r.boxcount
Gerado cópia de trabalho para revisão 51547.
Compiling <r.boxcount>…
mkdir -p /build/buildd-grass_6.4.0~rc6+42329-3-amd64-KVGo0t/grass-6.4.0~rc6+42329/bin.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
mkdir: it is impossible to create the “/build” directory: Permission denied.
make: ** [/build/buildd-grass_6.4.0~rc6+42329-3-amd64-KVGo0t/grass-6.4.0~rc6+42329/bin.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu] Erro 1
ERRO:Compilation failed, sorry. Please check above error messages.

Eng. Agro. Alessandro Samuel-Rosa
Mestre em Ciência do Solo licenciado para o ensino médio (UFSM)
Doutorando em Agronomia - Ciência do Solo (UFRRJ - bolsista CNPq)
Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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On Thu, 26 Apr 2012, Alessandro Samuel Rosa wrote:

mkdir -p /build/buildd-grass_6.4.0~rc6+42329-3-amd64-KVGo0t/grass-6.4.0~rc6+42329/bin.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
mkdir: it is impossible to create the "/build" directory: Permission denied.

Alessandro,

   I looks like grass is trying to create the build directory in /usr or
another location that requires root access for writing. On my systems
(Slackware) everything is in ~/ so I have write permissions to create
subdirectories.

Rich