Re: "make install" fails

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