Re: [Xlog-discussion] compile from source failed

[richard]

Gomez Loper wrote:
> Hello all,
> Since sept 2003 i am a gentoo linux user and i am very content with this 
> flavor of linux. Up until xlog 0.9.7 there was no problem to compile the 
> source of xlog in gentoo linux. But from then on every compile went 
> wrong. The last version of xlog with an ebuild for gentoo linux is 1.1.
> Beginning of april 2005 i have reported this bug to the gentoo 
> developers. Up until now there is no activity to solve this problem.
> I really need xlog for my ham activity's, so i hope someone else is 
> capable to solve my problem for my gentoo box.
> The bug with all the details can be found here:
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88580
> I appreciate any comment. Thanks in advance for the help.
> 73, Teun

Tuen I looked at the bug report and you have a problem at this point
> /usr/bin/update-desktop-database
> ACCESS DENIED  rename:    /usr/share/applications/.mimeinfo.cache.cFMjgT
> ACCESS DENIED  unlink:    /usr/share/applications/.mimeinfo.cache.cFMjgT
> No directories in update-desktop-database search path could be processed and upd
> ated.

Try renaming this file "mv /usr/share/applications/.mimeinfo.cache.cFMjgT 
/usr/share/applications/.mimeinfo.cache.cFMjgT.old"

ALL ON ONE LINE AND AS ROOT
check who owns the /usr/share/applications directory and check its permissions.

HTH
Richard g8jvm