I don't know checkinstall, but what comes out after "make install" ?
If checkinstall issues a fake installation and tries to chmod non existent
files, it seems rather normal to get errors.
Pascal
2008/9/7 Daniel Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I have been using SCID for a while now and don't remember having these
> issues the last time I installed it. I have recently wiped my laptop
> clean and was in the process of reinstalling everything so it seemed
> like a perfect time to get the newest version of SCID also! I am
> running Xubuntu 8.04 and everything compiles fine, but when I run
> "checkinstall" this is what I get:
>
> ========================= Installation results
> ===========================
> install -m 755 -d /usr/local/share/scid
> install -m 755 -d /usr/local/bin
> install -m 755 -d /usr/local/share/scid/data/
> install -m 755 scid sc_addmove sc_epgn sc_spell sc_eco sc_import
> sc_remote sc_tree scidpgn pgnfix spliteco pgnscid tkscid tcscid scmerge
> scidlet scidt /usr/local/bin
> install -m 644 -p scid.eco /usr/local/share/scid/data/
> install -m 755 -d /usr/local/share/scid/books
> install -m 666 ./books/* /usr/local/share/scid/books/
> install -m 755 -d /usr/local/share/scid/bases
> install -m 666 ./bases/* /usr/local/share/scid/bases/
> install -m 755 -d /usr/local/share/scid/html
> cp -r ./html/* /usr/local/share/scid/html/
> chmod -R 0777 /usr/local/share/scid/html/*
> chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/share/scid/html/bitmaps': No
> such file or directory
> chmod: cannot read directory `/usr/local/share/scid/html/bitmaps': No
> such file or directory
> chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/share/scid/html/scid.css': No
> such file or directory
> chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/share/scid/html/scid.js': No
> such file or directory
> make: *** [install_scid] Error 1
>
> **** Installation failed. Aborting package creation.
>
> Any suggestions?? Kinda frustrated here.
> Dan
>
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