Problem installing ROOT 5.24

From: James Jackson <james.jackson_at_cern.ch>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:48:57 +0100


Hi,

I've just built and installed ROOT as a bog-standard, non-root user, and I notice the installer is still trying to copy to /etc (see below). Is this expected?

Regards,
James.

[jacksonj_at_heplnx109 root]$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/ppd/scratch/
jacksonj/root/installed
<snip>
[jacksonj_at_heplnx109 root]$ make -j 4

<snip>
[jacksonj_at_heplnx109 root]$ make install

Installing binaries in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/bin Installing libraries in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/lib/ root
Installing headers in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/include/ root
Installing main/src/rmain.cxx in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/ installed/include/root
Installing cint/cint/include cint/cint/lib and cint/cint/stl in /opt/ ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/lib/root/cint Installing cint/cint7/include cint/cint7/lib and cint/cint7/stl in / opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/lib/root/cint Installing icons in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/share/ root/icons
Installing fonts in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/share/ root/fonts
Installing misc docs in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/share/ doc/root
Installing tutorials in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/share/ doc/root/tutorials
Installing tests in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/share/doc/ root/test
Installing macros in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/share/ root/macros
Installing man(1) pages in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/ share/man/man1
Installing config files in /etc/root
mkdir: cannot create directory `/etc/root': Permission denied cp: target `/etc/root' is not a directory Installing Autoconf macro in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/installed/ share/aclocal
Installing Emacs Lisp library in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/ installed/share/emacs/site-lisp
Installing GDML conversion scripts in /opt/ppd/scratch/jacksonj/root/ installed/lib/root Received on Thu Sep 17 2009 - 17:49:03 CEST

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