Re: [Bug-wget] wget-1.16: 1 configure error, 2 make check errors, 1 permission error

[kdevel]

[in reply to message from Tim Ruehsen Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:09:02 +0100]
> On Tuesday 04 November 2014 09:25:50 Tim Ruehsen wrote:
> > On Tuesday 04 November 2014 07:22:04 address@hidden wrote:
> > > As non-root I tried to install wget this way into a user-owned
directory:
> > >        ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/wget-1.16
> > >        make
> > >        make check
> > >        make install
> > >

> > > 4. make install fails (regression to wget-1.15):
> > >   /usr/bin/install -c wget '/usr/local/bin'
> > >
> > > /usr/bin/install: cannot remove `/usr/local/bin/wget': Permission
denied

> Sorry for the delay.
>
> There is no problem for me ( = I can't reproduce the problem).
> BUT I have to 'sudo make install', else the install fails due to
> permission problems.

Radio Yerevan was asked: "Can wget be installed w/o root privileges into
a user-owned directory?"

Radio Yerevan answered: "Yes, if you make all standard directories
writable for that user."