On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:37:06 +0100, Ben Kennish wrote: >Dear all, > >Because the 'admin' user doesn't have write access to /usr/lib/perl5 and >below (or above depending on how you view a file system tree,) (s)he >currently cant install any Perl modules with the usual.... > >perl Configure.PL >make >make install
perl Configure.PL --prefix=/usr/local > >The last step fails with something like... > >--------------------------- >Warning: You do not have permissions to install into >/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux at >/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 61. >mkdir /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/String: Permission denied at >/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 114 >make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 2 >--------------------------- > >Is it OK to "chown -R admin.admin /usr/lib/perl5"? >Or should the modules be installed in "/usr/local/lib/perl5"? >In the second case, how do I get Perl to install modules in >"/usr/local/lib/perl5/.." when the admin user >does a "make install" (without them having to explicitly specify the >directory each time if possible)? > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Ben Kennish >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.fubra.com > >------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- >Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support >Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support >Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
