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[nbruner04]

When trying to build, it stopped early and it came up with some errors. /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/bin' /usr/bin/install -c cmusfm '/usr/local/bin' /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/bin/cmusfm': Permission denied Makefile:314: recipe for target 'install-binPROGRAMS' failed make[2]: *** [install-binPROGRAMS] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/nathan/cmusfm/build/src' Makefile:583: recipe for target 'install-am' failed make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/nathan/cmusfm/build/src' Makefile:363: recipe for target 'install-recursive' failed make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 To be honest I'm a complete newb to Linux, and I don't know how to fix the problem from the info that is being provided. If anyone here can tell me how to fix the problem, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[arkq]

For installation you need root permission. Try something like: sudo make install.

[nbruner04]

Thank you

[adelbordbari]

I had cmusfm working on my old laptop and now that i want to use it on another one i get this error. I do use sudo but it's still the same.

>> sudo make && make install

make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build/src'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build/src'
Making all in test
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build/test'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build/test'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build'
Making install in src
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build/src'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build/src'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/bin'
  /usr/bin/install -c cmusfm '/usr/local/bin'
/usr/bin/install: cannot remove '/usr/local/bin/cmusfm': Permission denied
Makefile:314: recipe for target 'install-binPROGRAMS' failed
make[2]: *** [install-binPROGRAMS] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build/src'
Makefile:583: recipe for target 'install-am' failed
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/nitwit/cmusfm/build/src'
Makefile:363: recipe for target 'install-recursive' failed
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

[arkq]

Try to kill already running instance of cmusfm, because it might lock its exec, so install fails with permission denied error.

[adelbordbari]

I guess I just ignored the error and ran cmusfm as a command and it worked! thanks.

[daRasmussen]

Hello/ Thank you for these comments, they helped me to resolve my issue. I had permission denied as well and resolved it with.

sudo make 
sudo make install

I skipped the && and all is good. I am running Arch Linux.