On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Dave Haywood <tla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Phil C wrote: > >>> It seems like the configure script is not working. >>> Did you check whether it is executeable or not? ( chmod +x ) >>> >> >> >>> >>> Is it in the directory ../binutils-2.12/ ? >>> Why are you installing a system wide libary with sudo and not as root >>> user? >>> Yeti >>> >> >> Ill have to check on the permissions. I'm installing with sudo because I >> use Ubuntu so there is no root login. >> >> > > Couple of options I can think of on Ubuntu: > > 1) sudo su - > > You now have a root shell to do the install > > > or: > > > 2) add a "wheel" group to /etc/group and add your user id to it > > in /etc/pam.d/su uncomment "auth sufficient pam_wheel.so trust" > > You can now su without using sudo and without specifying any > password so long as you are a member of the wheel group > also on ubuntu sudo -i then you are root user. Sverre > > Dave. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
