Re: gEDA-user: Makefile errors

[Mario Klebsch <mario@klebsch.de>]

Hi!

Am Sonntag, 14.12.03 um 05:13 Uhr schrieb Terry Porter:

> To make and install a tarball that you have uncompressed into a 
> directory, say /usr/local/geda-20030901, as root type "./configure" 
> ,...
Running ./configure should not require root privileges, in fact, it 
should not be done using root privileges.

> this checks that your system has the necessary support, then "make",
Running make also does not require root privileges and should not be 
done as root.

> then when the application has made, type "make install".
make install is the only step, that often requires root privileges. So 
I usually do ./configure and make as a regular user and to install the 
stuff I do

	su -c "make install"

The golden rule is: Only use root privileges when they are required.

73, Mario
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