hello Given the little information that you originally provided there were two possible reason to get the error you posted.
/usr/local/bin/get_iplayer is the actual perl script/program and the command line command to update was given. /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer is the repository for the github repository. the first one does not need to be writable except by the owner of the file. the second one is a bad idea. having root own a repository is never a good idea. therefore, Colin's posting makes perfect sense. On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Budge <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -- terry l. ridder ><> _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
