execvp: /usr/local/lib: Permission denied

[!nvincible]

Hi all,

I downloaded FLTK http://www.imm.uklinux.net/fltk/fltk...-07-14.tar.bz2

It goes well till
1. ./configure
2. make

but when I do make install it shows me a strange error

=== installing FL ===
Installing include files in /usr/local/include...
=== installing xutf8 ===
Installing libfltk_xutf8.a in /usr/local/lib...
make[1]: execvp: /usr/local/lib: Permission denied
make[1]: execvp: ../lib/libfltk_xutf8.a: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [install] Error 127
make: *** [install] Error 1

I am root still what kind of permission he is asking for ?

[!nvincible]

Hey folks
Reply please it's really required

[daark.child]

You probably tried to run "make install" as a normal user. Try doing

$su -c "make install"

Enter roots password when prompted.

[!nvincible]

Thanks for your reply

I have tried follwing options already

1. Sudo
2. su
3. changing file permission of /usr/local/lib with chmod +777

/usr/local/lib
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 4096 Jul 20 2007 lib

/usr/local/include
drwxrwxrwx 16 root root 4096 Jul 23 2007 include

But it's giving same error what might be the reason

[devils casper]

You must have root privileges to execute make install command.

[daark.child]

Did you run the command I posted? If so, do you get the same output?

[!nvincible]

Thanks for your reply

But I am root only what kind of privilege is required for that ?
I have installed many versions of GTK,gtkmm etc... no one was showing this problem


I have tried following options already :-

1. changing permission of /usr/local/lib to chmod +777
2. changing permission of ../lib/libfltk_xutf8.a to chmod +777
3. sudo make install
4. su -c "make install"

But couldn't find the solution yet
Please help me out of this mess

[devils casper]

Which Distro do you have and Which Package are you trying to install?

[!nvincible]

Linux version 2.4.20-8 ,(gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5))

I am trying to install fltk118-utf8-2007-07-14 ...but it's showing permission denied error

[devils casper]

Are you logged in as root in GUI? If you are gaining root privileges in Terminal using 'su' command then execute 'su -' instead of 'su'.