[Flex-help] autogen.sh produces error, maybe need to change a path?

[Ashley R. <a.t...@ho...>]

Hello,

I'm having trouble with the last installation step of flex (so close). The error messages are included below. I suspect the problem is that the autogen script tries to install something (libtoolize? autoreconf?) into the user directory, but I am working on a cluster computer that requires me to use a project file (/project/bee-genomics/ashley.rohde), which is where all of the supporting programs are installed. I can't see a place in the script to change this destination and I don't know what to do. I am pretty new to working from a command line and this is the first time I've had to compile a program. Any help anyone could provide is greatly appreciated.

Thanks very much.

Cheers,

Ashley Rohde

Error message:

make[2]: Entering directory `/project/bee-genomics/ashley.rohde/autoconf-2.71'
make[2]: Warning: File `Makefile' has modification time 47 s in the future
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/user/share/autoconf/bin'
/usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory '/user': Permission denied
make[2]: *** [install-binSCRIPTS] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/project/bee-genomics/ashley.rohde/autoconf-2.71'
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/project/bee-genomics/ashley.rohde/autoconf-2.71'
make: *** [install] Error 2