May be that it doesn't have write rights. (failed to write cache) Make sure that the process runs as with administrative rights. On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:36, John C. Turnbull <ozemale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to build FC 2.6.0 using MinGW on a Vista machine. > > > > The “configure” and “make” commands run perfectly but when I run “make > install” it crashes at this point: > > > > C:/Windows/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 1159 fonts, 0 dirs > > C:/Users/Qu0ll/AppData/Local/Temp/fontconfig/cache: cleaning cache directory > > D:\MSYS\1.0\local\bin\fc-cache.exe: failed > > C:/Windows/fonts: failed to write cache > > make[2]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1 > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/Qu0ll/fontconfig-2.6.0' > > make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Qu0ll/fontconfig-2.6.0' > > make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 > > > > I first thought this might have something to do with Vista UAC but disabling > that hasn’t helped. It appears that it’s trying to write to a folder on the > C: drive and failing. Perhaps it needs admin privileges though I thought it > would inherit those of the Windows user which is an administrator. > > > > Anyway, when I run the test program it fails the basic check. When I run > fc-list on its own it says it can’t find the default configuration file. > > > > How can I resolve these issues? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -JCT > > _______________________________________________ > Fontconfig mailing list > Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig > > _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig
