* Ralf Hemmecke (2010-05-22) writes: > When I run, > > ./configure --prefix=/home/hemmecke/software/ > > I see at the end... > > ---------------------------- > checking for glaring installation conflicts... ouch! > > configure: WARNING: Conflicting previous installation in > `/usr/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp/auctex/' found! > Conflicting previous startup file > `/usr/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp/preview-latex.el' found! > > configure: creating ./config.status > ------------------------------ > > Full trace is here ... http://pastie.org/972481 > > What does that mean?
>From the top of my mind, `/home/hemmecke/software' is likely not in `load-path' of your Emacs, so the configure script tries to find a place which is and uses that. > What can I do if I have no root access on that machine? Try with `--with-lispdir'. > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file > `/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tex-site.el': Permission denied > make: *** [install-el] Error 1 > > Why on earth does the installation procedure complain about a /usr/share > directory? I've set --prefix. Is that a bug in the install procedure? More like a feature. -- Ralf _______________________________________________ auctex-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex-devel
