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Re: updating gnuplot

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I got the same error from 'make install'. I work on the linux server and i dont have root password. Is it possible to install on my home directory? Could you please tell me how?
Many thanks.



On Tuesday, 29 March 2011 08:00:50 UTC-7, James Waldby  wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:48:37 -0700, Ze wrote:
> > I tryed to update gnuplot to the current version but it didn't work.
> > 
> > I have gnuplot version 4.2.5 installed on my system which is Mac OSX
> > 10.6. [...] [at] /opt/local/bin/gnuplot
> > I downloaded the current version of gnuplot, 4.4.3, double clicked the
> > downloaded file to untar it, and at the terminal in that directory, I
> > did
> > 
> > $./configure
> > $make
> > $make install
> > 
> > After this last command I got the following:
> > 
> > Making install in config
> [...]
> > "/usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.4/js" || .././install-sh -c -d "/
> > usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.4/js"
> > mkdir: /usr/local/share/gnuplot: Permission denied make[2]: ***
> > [install-jsDATA] Error 1 make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> > make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> > 
> > Now, when I type gnuplot at the terminal I see that my version is still
> > the old one, 4.2.5. How do I update to the new version?
> 
> "Permission denied" and "Error" mean the install failed, in this
> case due to lack of file or directory write permission.  You
> will need to run  make install  as superuser.  For example,
> 
>    sudo make install
> or
>    su -c 'make install'
> 
> or login as root, make install, and logout, via
>    su -
>    make install
>    ^D
> 
> -- 
> jiw

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