Re: Please help me to bug-fix the following install code:

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:19:54 +1300
> 
> Here is the copy of the xterm command output, but note that
> it fails to build any files in the folder /usr/share/emacs
> like it should do:

Based on these error messages:

> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/
> emacs.info': Permission denied
> gzip: /usr/local/share/info/emacs.info: No such file or directory
> install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/emacs.info
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/
> eintr.info': Permission denied
> gzip: /usr/local/share/info/eintr.info: No such file or directory
> install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/eintr.info
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/
> elisp.info': Permission denied
> gzip: /usr/local/share/info/elisp.info: No such file or directory
> install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/elisp.info
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/
> auth.info': Permission denied
> gzip: /usr/local/share/info/auth.info: No such file or directory
> install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/auth.info
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/
> autotype.info': Permission denied
> gzip: /usr/local/share/info/autotype.info: No such file or directory
> install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/
> autotype.info
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/
> bovine.info': Permission denied
> gzip: /usr/local/share/info/bovine.info: No such file or directory
> install-info: No such file or directory for /usr/local/share/info/
> bovine.info
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/share/info/
> calc.info': Permission denied

my crystal ball says that your user lacks permissions to write to the
/usr/local directory tree.  The usual way of overcoming this kind of
issues is to say

 $ sudo make install

or log in as root and then say "make install".