On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 17:14 +0200, Osmo Maatta wrote: > Hello all, > > I just installed Sugar on my Ubuntu Linux desktop. > > I encountered following issues: > > When running > $ cd /home/moma/sugar-jhbuild/ > $ ./sugar-jhbuild > > > 1) Error: Cannot create directory `/home/ruan'. Permission denied. > (hard coded directory name).
Where is that directory hard-coded? Did you copy the sugar-jhbuild installation from somebody else's machine without re-running autogen.sh? Obviously that's not going to work if you just copy it when it's already been configured. Try doing a fresh git pull and see if that makes it work. Dan > make install > Making install in src > make[1]: Entering directory > `/home/moma/sugar-jhbuild/source/matchbox-window-manager/src' > make[2]: Entering directory > `/home/moma/sugar-jhbuild/source/matchbox-window-manager/src' > test -z "/home/ruan/sugar/sugar-jhbuild/build/bin" || mkdir -p -- > "/home/ruan/sugar/sugar-jhbuild/build/bin" > mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/ruan': Permission denied > make[2]: *** [install-binPROGRAMS] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/home/moma/sugar-jhbuild/source/matchbox-window-manager/src' > make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/home/moma/sugar-jhbuild/source/matchbox-window-manager/src' > make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 > *** error during stage install of matchbox-window-manager: Error > running make install *** [9/15] > > > [1] rerun stage install > [2] ignore error and continue to done > [3] give up on module > [4] start shell > choice: > ----- > > Notice that my home directory is in /home/moma/. > > I solved this problem by creating a temporary "/home/ruan" directory. > > $ sudo mkdir /home/ruan > $ sudo chmod 777 /home/ruan > > And it compiled and installed OK. > It put many files in "/home/ruan". > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 2) error during stage configure of > matchbox-window-manager:....[9/15] > > XFixesShowCursor error... > > I got this error message several time. > > I downloaded and installed newer libxfixes3 and libxfixes-dev from > http://packages.ubuntulinux.org/edgy/libdevel/libxfixes-dev > Actually these packages belong to next version of Ubuntu (Edgy Eft). > > But those packages caused many other errors. So I had to remove them > and download / re-install the original Ubuntu Dapper packages from > http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=libxfixes&searchon=names&subword=1&version=dapper&release=all > > $ dpkg -i --force-all *.deb > > This obviously the same as > $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall libxfixes-dev libxfixes3 > > And Sugar was happy. It compiled and installed OK. > At the moment, I have no explanation why it worked after > re-installation of those packages. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 3) Running Sugar: > I copied all files from (the hard-coded) location > /home/ruan/sugar/sugar-jhbuild/ > to my working area > /home/moma/sugar-jhbuild/ > > $ cd /home/moma/sugar-jhbuild > $ cp -r /home/ruan/sugar/sugar-jhbuild/* . > > It copied a "build" directory. > ---- > > How to run Sugar ? > > $ cd /home/moma/sugar-jhbuild > $ ./sugar-jhbuild run > > It shows me this picture: http://bildr.no/view/9288 (a screenshot) > The gecko browser is working well. > > Is this the entire Sugar? > What else should I see in the Sugar sreen ? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Many thanks, > // moma > > This distro is: > > $ uname -a > Linux moma-desktop 2.6.15-23-386 #1 PREEMPT Tue May 23 13:49:40 UTC > 2006 i686 GNU/Linux > > $ cat /etc/*release* > DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu > DISTRIB_RELEASE= 6.06 > DISTRIB_CODENAME=dapper > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS" > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/sugar _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/sugar
