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Re: [Bug-gnubg] Installing gnubg in my own directory
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Michael Petch |
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Re: [Bug-gnubg] Installing gnubg in my own directory |
Date: |
Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:41:10 -0600 |
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This should help you:
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-anywhere-different-build-area.html
You may get errors building with that rpm. I'd probably recommend
downloading a latest snapshot or retrieve the latest from CVS.
On 07/06/09 4:21 PM, "Timothy Y. Chow" <address@hidden> wrote:
> I am trying to install gnubg on a university computer where I have an
> account but do not have admin privileges. I believe the machine is
> running RedHat. I downloaded
>
> gnubg-0.15-4.src.rpm
>
> which I renamed "gnubg.rpm" for brevity, and tried to build it:
>
> % rpmbuild --rebuild gnubg.rpm
> Installing gnubg.rpm
> error: cannot write to %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
> error: gnubg.rpm cannot be installed
>
> I presume that the problem is that it is trying to write to directories
> that I don't have write access to. How can I can force rpmbuild to write
> only to my own directory?
>
> Tim
>
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