Re: GNUstep from SVN & permissions

[Nicola Pero]

I'm not sure I understood the question.  The wiki page you refer to is  
empty. ;-)

Anyway, the way it generally works when you install from sources/SVN is:

1. get the source code and unpack it in your own directory as your own  
user

2. for each part of it, you need to do stuff like

cd core/make
./configure
make
su -c 'make install'

cd core/base
./configure
make
su -c 'make install'

So, yes, /usr/GNUstep will be owned by root and only root can write to  
it.  That's
a standard Unix setup.

You can obviously reduce security on your own machine if you want - in  
exchange
for ease of use.  Eg, create /usr/GNUstep owned by your own user  
before you even
start the process, then do 'make install' as yourself all the times.   
I mean, you could
even install everything into ~/GNUstep-installation, which is a setup
I personally like and is reasonably secure since nobody but myself/ 
yourself has
access to that directory anyway.

That would work except for /etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf that needs to be  
installed
as root (unless you also relocate that one into /usr/GNUstep or ~/ 
GNUstep-installation,
which is possible by using a gnustep-make configure switch).

If you're confused I suggest you stick with the standard, secure, Unix  
setup.  But yes, you'll be
typing a few root passwords. :-)

Thanks




On 3 Feb 2009, at 16:42, hns@computer.org wrote:

> Hi,
> before I waste a lot of time finding the missing link on this page:
>
> http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/GNUstep_SVN_installation_guide.
>
> let me ask.
>
> I try to install on Debian from SVN. Sources are unpacked and I follow
> the instructions but get permission problems. Because /usr/GNUstep and
> below is owned by root (I had to do sudo make install for make) and as
> a normal user I don't have write permissions.
>
> So, do I have to be root to install? Or is make setting wrong
> permissions?
>
> -- hns
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