Re: [Gambas-devel] Gambas 1.0.11 installation bug
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From: Benoit M. <ga...@us...> - 2005-09-13 09:44:44
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On Monday 12 September 2005 23:10, Guido Ostkamp wrote: > Hello, > > I just reported a bug against gambas2 in another mail. > Here is the almost similar problem with gambas 1.0.11: > > $ cd /home/testuser > $ tar xvjf /tmp/gambas-1.0.11.tar.bz2 > $ cd gambas-1.0.11 > $ ./configure --prefix=/home/testuser/local > $ make > $ make install > > fails with > > Making symbolic links in /usr/bin... > rm: cannot remove `/usr/bin/gbx': Permission denied > ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/gbx' to > `/home/testuser/local/bin/gbx': File exists > rm: cannot remove `/usr/bin/gbc': Permission denied > ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/gbc' to > `/home/testuser/local/bin/gbc': File exists > rm: cannot remove `/usr/bin/gba': Permission denied > ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/gba' to > `/home/testuser/local/bin/gba': File exists > rm: cannot remove `/usr/bin/gbi': Permission denied > ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/gbi' to > `/home/testuser/local/bin/gbi': File exists > make[2]: *** [install-exec-local] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/testuser/gambas-1.0.11' > make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/testuser/gambas-1.0.11' > make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 > > The 'file exists' is because I have another older installation in the > /usr/bin etc. directories. This however, should have no influence, as I > have ordered to place everything under /home/testuser/local. > > I would appreciate, if this bug could be fixed in the next release. > > Thanx in advance, > > Guido > Gambas needs a symbolic link in /usr/bin to work. So /usr/bin/gbx for gambas 1.0.x and /usr/bin/gbx2 for gambas 1.9.x. Because of the '#!/usr/bin/gbx2 -x' stuff at the beginning of each executable. The other symbolic links are not needed, and may be removed in a next release. If you can find a way not doing this, I will take it. But until now, I found no way to avoid this symbolic link. Regards, -- Benoit Minisini mailto:ga...@us... |