Re: Error in SourceNavigator installation.

[Mo DeJong <mdejong@cygnus.com>]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Benjamin Scherrey wrote:

> Sure enough, running as root, the application seems to startup fine.
> Attached are configure.out, make.out, and install.out which are the
> output from each respective step of the build. I'll try the --prefix
> trick for non-root operation in the meantime.
> 
> 	thanx for the help & later,
> 
> 		Ben Scherrey
> 
> PS: Also, it would be very nice if the .tar.gz file expanded everything
> into its own directory (say SNAV-V.v/) instead of blowing up into my
> current directory! Hard to clean up afterwards... :-(
> 
> Syd Polk wrote:
> > 
> > This means that "make install" failed. I need the output from "make
> > install" to see what is going wrong.
> > 
> > In the meantime, use "configure
> > --prefix=<directory_you_have_write_permission_to>"


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