From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23251 invoked from network); 11 Mar 1999 17:27:03 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 11 Mar 1999 17:27:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 3558 invoked by alias); 11 Mar 1999 17:15:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 2220 Received: (qmail 3546 invoked from network); 11 Mar 1999 17:15:45 -0000 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:15:08 -0500 From: Sweth Chandramouli To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: Installing zsh Message-ID: <19990311121508.A28191@astaroth.nit.gwu.edu> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu References: <36E7F0A8.8810A899@raytheon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <36E7F0A8.8810A899@raytheon.com> On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 10:34:48AM -0600, Ryan Colvin wrote: > I am currently trying to install zsh on my Solaris box. I am not able to > complete the install because of the following errors: > > # make install > rm -f stamp-modobjs.tmp > sh: zshpaths.h.tmp: cannot create > *** Error code 1 > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `zshpaths.h' > Current working directory /home/rccolvin/Shells/zsh-3.1.5/Src > *** Error code 1 > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `modobjs' > Current working directory /home/rccolvin/Shells/zsh-3.1.5/Src > *** Error code 1 > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `install.bin' > > Can anyone share some insight on why this is happening and what I need to do to > correct these errors? assuming the hash as your prompt means that you are running `make install' as root, my first guess would be that your home directory is nfs-mounted, and you are thus being denied write permission to it as root (since root over nfs maps to nobody). try making your working dir world writeable if that is the case. -- sweth. -- Sweth Chandramouli IS Coordinator, The George Washington University / (202) 994 - 8521 (V) / (202) 994 - 0458 (F) *