[Xastir] Ubuntu 11.04 Xastir issues

[Robert Mead]

Um, you did. Never mind. 

All I can say is that I haven't had any trouble with it, but I haven't been using checkinstall. 

-Robert KC2YWE

On Aug 19, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Robert Mead <rmead at justconnected.net> wrote:

> Non-superuser typically can't write to /usr. Try sudo.
> 
> -Robert KC2YWE
> 
> On Aug 19, 2011, at 10:46 AM, K8PET <k8pet at orrresearch.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to make xastir from source on Ubuntu 11.04.  Problems start at
>> the install step with the message
>> 
>> test -z "/usr/local/share/xastir/config" || /bin/mkdir -p
>> "/usr/local/share/xastir/config"
>> /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/share/xastir': No such file
>> or directory
>> make[2]: *** [install-configDATA] Error 1
>> 
>> 
>> this looks like the -p is not working as expected from the mkdir man page
>> but it works ok from the command line
>> 
>> 
>> k8pet at gtway-usb:/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0$ man mkdir
>> k8pet at gtway-usb:/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0$ mkdir -p ./fungus/mungus
>> 
>> k8pet at gtway-usb:/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0$ ls ./fungus
>> mungus
>> 
>> With Ubuntu 11.04 this same error occurs back to as far as I checked
>> (Xastir-1.9.4).
>> 
>> Suggestions please!
>> 
>> Jack k8pet
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> k8pet at gtway-usb:/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0$ sudo checkinstall
>> 
>> checkinstall 1.6.2, Copyright 2009 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
>>          This software is released under the GNU GPL.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *****************************************
>> **** Debian package creation selected ***
>> *****************************************
>> 
>> This package will be built according to these values:
>> 
>> 0 -  Maintainer: [ root at gtway-usb ]
>> 1 -  Summary: [ xastir-2.0.05 ]
>> 2 -  Name:    [ xastir ]
>> 3 -  Version: [ 2.0.0 ]
>> 4 -  Release: [ 1 ]
>> 5 -  License: [ GPL ]
>> 6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
>> 7 -  Architecture: [ i386 ]
>> 8 -  Source location: [ xastir-2.0.0 ]
>> 9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
>> 10 - Requires: [  ]
>> 11 - Provides: [ xastir ]
>> 12 - Conflicts: [  ]
>> 13 - Replaces: [  ]
>> 
>> Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue:
>> 
>> Installing with make install...
>> 
>> ========================= Installation results ===========================
>> Making install in src
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src'
>> Making install in rtree
>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src/rtree'
>> make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src/rtree'
>> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
>> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src/rtree'
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src/rtree'
>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src'
>> make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src'
>> test -z "/usr/local/bin" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/bin"
>> /usr/bin/install -c xastir xastir_udp_client testdbfawk '/usr/local/bin'
>> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src'
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src'
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/src'
>> Making install in m4
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/m4'
>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/m4'
>> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
>> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/m4'
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/m4'
>> Making install in config
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/config'
>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/config'
>> make  install-exec-hook
>> make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/config'
>> rm -f \/usr/local/share/xastir/config/nwsfz_ddmmyy.dbfawk
>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/config'
>> test -z "/usr/local/share/xastir/config" || /bin/mkdir -p
>> "/usr/local/share/xastir/config"
>> /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/share/xastir': No such file
>> or directory
>> make[2]: *** [install-configDATA] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/config'
>> make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xastir-2.0.0/config'
>> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>> 
>> ****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.
>> 
>> Cleaning up...OK
>> 
>> Bye.
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