On 02/09/2015 09:49 PM, Colin Law wrote: > On 9 February 2015 at 21:39, Budge <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 02/09/2015 09:04 PM, Colin Law wrote: >>> On 9 February 2015 at 20:50, Budge <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi and thanks for the advice. I had understood however that >>>> >>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 meant that user had write permissions. I could of course >>>> change ownership but why have I not had this issue before? >>> That says that the owner has write permission. But who is the owner? >>> ls -l /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer >>> will tell you. >>> >>> Most likely the owner is root, as you probably used sudo to put the file >>> there. >>> >>> Colin >>> >>> >> Hi Colin, >> Yes root is the owner. File is in /usr/local/bin. What is best/correct >> approach, to give everyone permission, change it temporarily or change >> ownership? > You should not give everyone permission to it. > > Someone asked earlier what command you were running that gave this > error. It should only happen if get-iplayer is attempting an update. > > In fact it is not a good idea to install manually into that folder > anyway. If you were to install get-iplayer from the repository it > would overwrite it. It would be more usual to manually install to > /usr/local/bin, though that wil not affect the permissions issue. > > Colin > Hi Colin, The problem occurred when I ran get_iplayer from my home directory for the first time, which is when the plugins are sorted out. I cannot follow your last paragraph which appears contradictory. I did install into /usr/local/bin manually as per wiki and I have sorted out problem now. The only remaining issue which always causes a problem on a new installation is getting AtomicParsley installed and working, especially using pvr and a cron job. Will call for help if needed. Thanks again meanwhile. Budge
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