From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Scherrey To: Mo DeJong Cc: SourceNav Subject: Re: Error in SourceNavigator installation. Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 19:07:00 -0000 Message-id: <39750C98.AFD583F8@switchco.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2000-q3/msg00024.html Yep - its long been my habit (and common practice amoungst automake/conf configured apps) to switch to root before performing the final install. I guess SourceNav does some strange things that prohibit this from working. So.. my status is that I can install SourceNav on a per-user basis using the --prefix option in configuration but cannot just globally install the product for all users. I suppose I could make a globally writable directory for all to use but that's not the greatest idea as far as security and just plain stability of the system is concerned. I hope these are just first light hiccups and not intended consequences. thanx & later, Ben Scherrey Mo DeJong wrote: > I just downloaded the tar ball, ran configure with a --prefix, > built and installed it, and ran it. It seems to work just > fine on my Red Hat 6.2 box. I did not build, install, or > run it as root. I am willing to bet that you installed > or built it as root, is that the case? > > Mo DeJong > Red Hat Inc