On 10/2/2010 08:04, Sven Barth wrote:
On 02.10.2010 04:25, waldo kitty wrote:
On 10/1/2010 17:59, BosseB wrote:
I found lazarus in this location:
/usr/lib/lazarus/0.9.28.2
I have downloaded the component zip file into my Downloads directory.
Then I have extracted the contents, which created a new directory:
Downloads/Sdpo
But when I try to do as directed (move Sdpo folder into lazarus
components folder) I get a "permission denied" error. :-(
Why is that? And how do you go about installing the components if you
are not allowed to put the files where they belong???
just like on windows (finally!), you have to be root to do things in
"protected" areas... this means that you have to log in as root or use
sudo to gain root privileges... once you have root privileges, then you
can copy those files and directories over there as you need to do ;)
No! Wrong approach!
Don't write into locations where you shouldn't write to!
very very true! i was, however, answering his question for the problem that the
documentation presented...
You should do it the following way:
Create a "components" or "3rdparty" directory somewhere where you have write
access to (at the side of directory containing your projects perhaps). Then copy
the "Sdpo" directory to this new directory and proceed as mentioned in the
INSTALL file, but using that directory instead of the
"/usr/lib/lazarus/0.9.28.2/components" one.
This is a much cleaner way of doing this in my opinion.
agreed... except, how are multiple users to be able to use the component like
those built into Laz? it appears to me that the instructions were thinking in
this manner and so the component is added to those that come with Laz so that it
is available to all users...
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