"make install" fails

[Aki Tuomi]

On 03.11.2016 12:05, E Kogler wrote:
> I want to install dovecot 2.2.25 on my opensuse 12.3 (yes, I know that this is an old distro).
> "./configure, make" run with no problems but "make install" fails with:
> [...]
> libtool: warning: 'libstats_auth.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib/dovecot/stats'
> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/auth /usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth
> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/checkpassword-reply /usr/local/lib/dovecot/checkpassword-reply
>  /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth'
> /usr/bin/mkdir: can't create „/usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth“ : file exists
> make[3]: *** [install-auth_moduleLTLIBRARIES] Fehler 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/dovecot-2.2.25/src/auth'
> make[2]: *** [install-am] Fehler 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/dovecot-2.2.25/src/auth'
> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Fehler 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/dovecot-2.2.25/src'
> make: *** [install-recursive] Fehler 1
> ------------------------
> I'm stuck.Can anyone help ?
> Edgar

Did you run it with sufficient privileges?

Aki