permissions mu/mu4e make or ninja

[Jim McNamara]

Hi all-

I tried to run make and it gave me permission errors. I thought when you ran make that you weren't root only make install.

When I cat README in linux it says:

#+begin_example
$ ./autogen.sh && make
$ sudo make install
#+end_example

The $ sign is there instead of #. A small printout of errors is below.

Please let me know. THANKS

ninja: Entering directory `build'

[1/87] Linking static target lib/index/libmu-index.a
FAILED: lib/index/libmu-index.a  
rm -f lib/index/libmu-index.a && gcc-ar csrDT lib/index/libmu-index.a lib/index/libmu-index.a.p/mu-indexer.cc.o lib/index/libmu-index.a.p/mu-scanner.cc.o
/usr/bin/ar: lib/index/libmu-index.a: Permission denied
[2/87] Linking target lib/utils/tests/test-mu-utils

FAILED: lib/utils/tests/test-mu-utils

[Jim McNamara]

Hi-

I don't have a problem doing that if dirk or someone else says it is okay.

Sometimes I just run ./configure make and then sudo make install.

I am just a little hyper vigilant because of security.

thanks very much - jim

[Dirk-Jan C. Binnema]

You should not need 'sudo' etc. when building. You only need it when
installing in directory where a normal user typically does not have
permissions to write -- such as under /usr/local (*)

So - if you need 'sudo' for a normal build, something unusual is
happening. Most likely, perhaps, is that you tried to build with 'sudo'
at some point, and then later without it. Just remove the whole build/
and start aagin.

Kind regards,
Dirk.

(*) even in the install case sudo may not be needed, since ninja/meson
will *ask* you (through some polkit dialog). But it depends on your
system setup.


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[Jim McNamara]

Hi Dirk-

That is very cool. I tried out what you said and it worked perfect.

I got interrupted in the middle of fooling with my mu4e install last night.

I must have missed a step because it was a big interruption.

THANKS