# Installing under /usr **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [April 4, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-under-usr/205318 "2011-04-04T02:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-under-usr/205318/1 "2011-04-04T02:38:34Z")
I have a client/customer who has a machine where /usr/local isn’t writable (it’s a network mount point), but the local disk infrastructure is writeable by local root. I’ve tried doing an install of Gnu Radio using: ./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr Then: make sudo make install The install fails inside libtool for libgnuradio-core due to a “permission denied” error: test -z “/usr/lib” || /bin/mkdir -p “/usr/lib” /bin/sh …/…/…/libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libgnuradio-core.la ‘/usr/lib’ libtool: install: warning: relinking `libgnuradio-core.la' libtool: install: (cd /home/radiolab/gnuradio/gnuradio-core/src/lib; /bin/sh /home/radiolab/gnuradio/libtool --tag CXX --mode=relink g++ -g -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -pthread -version-info 0:0:0 -release 3.4.0git -o libgnuradio-core.la -rpath /usr/lib bug_work_around_6.lo filter/libfilter.la g72x/libccitt.la viterbi/libviterbi.la general/libgeneral.la gengen/libgengen.la io/libio.la missing/libmissing.la reed-solomon/librs.la runtime/libruntime.la hier/libhier.la /home/radiolab/gnuradio/gruel/src/lib/libgruel.la -lfftw3f -lm -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm -lgslcblas ) mv: cannot move `libgnuradio-core-3.4.0git.so.0.0.0’ to `libgnuradio-core-3.4.0git.so.0.0.0U': Permission denied libtool: install: error: relink `libgnuradio-core.la’ with the above command before installing it Any hints about how to make it all install nicely under /usr ? – Marcus L. Principal Investigator Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium > **[Live Draw HK Tercepat | Result HK | HK Pools | Live HK | HK Prize Hari Ini](https://www.sbrac.org)** > > Temukan live draw hk tercepat melalui halaman hk pools yang resmi dan dapatkan result hk prize melalui live hk secara langsung di situs kami. ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_DSLeech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Marcus\_DSLeech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marcus_DSLeech)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-under-usr/205318/2 "2011-04-04T04:16:42Z")
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Marcus D. Leech [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > make > libtool: install: (cd /home/radiolab/gnuradio/gnuradio-core/src/lib; > command before installing it > > Any hints about how to make it all install nicely under /usr ? > > – > Marcus L. > Principal Investigator > Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium > [http://www.sbrac.org](http://www.sbrac.org) I hope this doesn’t sound patronizing, but are you sure /usr (and /usr/lib) are writable? Can you do a “sudo touch /usr/local/testme”? From the error, it really does look like a simple permission problem. Tom ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_DSLeech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Marcus\_DSLeech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marcus_DSLeech)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-under-usr/205318/3 "2011-04-04T04:22:16Z")
> I hope this doesn’t sound patronizing, but are you sure /usr (and > /usr/lib) are writable? Can you do a “sudo touch /usr/local/testme”? > From the error, it really does look like a simple permission problem. > > Tom Nah, not patronizing at all. Turns out it was me after all. The home directory was NFS-mounted, and when libtool tried to do some in-place re-link as part of the install, it died, because it couldn’t write the file (because root isn’t root across NFS). It’s like these systems are set up to _deliberately_ cause trouble 🙂 – Marcus L. Principal Investigator Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium > **[Live Draw HK Tercepat | Result HK | HK Pools | Live HK | HK Prize Hari Ini](https://www.sbrac.org)** > > Temukan live draw hk tercepat melalui halaman hk pools yang resmi dan dapatkan result hk prize melalui live hk secara langsung di situs kami. ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_DSLeech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Marcus\_DSLeech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marcus_DSLeech)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-under-usr/205318/4 "2011-04-04T17:57:23Z")
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 17:38, Marcus D. Leech [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > mv: cannot move `libgnuradio-core-3.4.0git.so.0.0.0' to `libgnuradio-core-3.4.0git.so.0.0.0U’: Permission denied > libtool: install: error: relink `libgnuradio-core.la’ with the above command > before installing it You need to do a ‘make clean’ if you have changed the --prefix between runs of ‘configure’. Johnathan