On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 11:31 -0500, Ashlesha Shintre wrote: > > Thanks for your response: It worked when I commented out the CDROM > drive from the sources.list file. > > Now, however, I get a problem while building sugar: > > When I issue the command './sugar-jhbuild update' from the > sugar-jhbuild directory, I get the following error despite running the > command as su. > > Error: > > 'sugar-jhbuild: Can't create /etc/apt/sugar-jhbuild/build directory'
Looks like a permissions problem. You need to be building sugar-jhbuild in a directory where you can write to. Dan > > Regards, > Ashlesha. > On 04/03/07, Ryan Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ashlesha Shintre wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I m trying to install the Sugar development environment on > my laptop > > which has Ubuntu6.10 installed on it. Upon issuing the > command: > > > > <mailto:[email protected]>sudo apt-get install > build-essential cvs > > docbook-utils subversion libgtk2.0-dev > libidl-dev gnome-common > > gtk-doc-tools libxt-dev automake1.7 automake1.8 automake1.9 > > python-gtk2-dev python-avahi git-core cogito python-dev > > avahi-utils libgconf2-dev xserver-xephyr libgnome2-dev > > libmatchbox-dev python-cairo-dev libtiff4-dev > python-gnome2-dev > > libxdamage-dev libxdamage1 > libxcomposite-dev libgnomeui-dev libtool > > libfribidi-dev libgsf-1-dev libbz2-dev libwmf-dev > > libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev > > libgnomeprintui2.2-dev libenchant-dev libnspr-dev darcs > libxslt1.1 > > libxslt1-dev firefox firefox-dev libasound2-dev > > > > as given on the > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Ubuntu_Linux > > website, I get a message, the last part of which I have > pasted here: > > > > > > Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com edgy-security/universe > > xserver-xephyr 1: 1.1.1-0ubuntu12.1 [1499kB] > > Media change: please insert the disc labeled > > 'Ubuntu 6.10 _Edgy Eft_ - Release i386 (20061025)' > > in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter > > > > I have enabled the Universe and Multiuniverse repositories > on my machine. > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > Ashlesha Shintre. > > > Either do what it says (insert the Edgy Eft CD) or remove the > CD-ROM > line from your /etc/apt/sources.list and run apt-get update > which will > force it to look online for the packages. > > -- > Ryan Pavlik > AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer, Art Lead: www.abisource.com > AbiWord Community Outreach Project: > www.cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/ > > "Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." > -- Helen Keller > > "The folder structure in a modern Linux distribution such as > Ubuntu > was largely inspired by the original UNIX foundations that > were > created by men with large beards and sensible jumpers." > -- Jono Bacon, The Ubuntu Guide > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/sugar _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/sugar
