Error making M4

[Karl Jempty]

Hello I am getting these errors when doing a make check.
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5 of 36 tests failed
Please report to address@hidden
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make[4]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/karl/m4-1.4.10/tests'
make[3]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/karl/m4-1.4.10/tests'
make[2]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/karl/m4-1.4.10/tests'
make[1]: *** [check] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/karl/m4-1.4.10/tests'
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1

also when I do a make install i get this error:

test -z "/usr/local/bin" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/bin"
  /usr/bin/install -c 'm4' '/usr/local/bin/m4'
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/m4': Permission 
denied
make[2]: *** [install-binPROGRAMS] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/karl/m4-1.4.10/src'
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/karl/m4-1.4.10/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

how can i resolve this?
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