From: Isabelle Poueriet Date: March 19 1999 8:38pm Subject: Re: Installing mysql in Linux List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/637 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I do not have root access. I am an SA trainee. So my task is to install mysql in my home directory and test it. If everything comes out fine then they'll give me root access to install it in /usr/local. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Isabelle Poueriet | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Micheal Mc Evoy wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Isabelle Poueriet wrote: > > > > I did a make install. But this tries to "mkdir /usr/local/include/mysql". > > I get an error because I do not have the permission to enter > > /usr/local. > > I'm not installing mysql in /usr/local/. I do not have the permission to > > do that. > > If you have root access, su to root before you do the make install > otherwise have the sysadmin install it for you. > > Slan, > Micheal > > --- > Micheal Mc Evoy mjmc@stripped > http://www.whitepine.com > > WhitePine Consulting supports the Free Software Foundation and it ideals > by promoting, using and supporting Open Source, GNU and GPL'd Software. >