[Chicago-talk] "I don't have permission to installamoduleonthesystem!"

[Mike Fragassi]

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, petemar1 wrote:

> Argh.
>
...
> make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255
>   /usr/bin/make install /home/petemar1/sandbox/lib -- NOT OK
>     You may have to su to root to install the package
>
> petemar1:~/.cpan/CPAN$ more MyConfig.pm
...
>   'makepl_arg' => q[/home/petemar1/sandbox],

This should be:

    'makepl_arg' => q[PREFIX=/your/home/dir/here],

-- Mike F.