[ubuntu-uk] permission

[Stephen Garton]

Hi Ragia,


2009/7/5 Ragia Ibrahim <ragia11 at hotmail.com>:
> Hi all "
> I am new linx user (2 weeks ago)

Welcome!

> I need to run[ make install ]   in specific folder but i got the following
> Error "Permission denied"
> how can I change folder permission to make this..
> the error is as follow...

What are you trying to install? I will add some notes further down on
how to do what you are asking, but it may be that they is an easier
way to get to your end goal.

> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
> `/usr/local/bin/gift-old-to-new-url2fts.pl': Permission denied
>  /usr/bin/install -c 'gift-start.pl' '/usr/local/bin/gift-start.pl'
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/gift-start.pl':
> Permission denied
>  /usr/bin/install -c 'gift-diagnose-print-all-ADI.pl'
> '/usr/local/bin/gift-diagnose-print-all-ADI.pl'
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
> `/usr/local/bin/gift-diagnose-print-all-ADI.pl': Permission denied
> make[3]: *** [install-binSCRIPTS] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/ragia/gift/scripts/perl'
>

What you are looking for is sudo. On ubuntu, sudo temporarily elevates
your permssions, have a read of this page for an overview on it and
it's usage:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Hope That Helps,

Steve Garton
sheepeatingtaz.co.uk