Re: emacs-21.4a.tar

[Kevin Rodgers]

Arun kumar wrote:
> I downloaded emacs again and unpacked the tar.. now ./config is working 
> fine. But after make install, i saw some problems. i followed the 
> following steps
>  
> 1) ./configure  (worked fine)
> 2 ) make         (compiled fine)
> 3) make install ( permission denied ..)
>     Permission denied for some files...
> so i entered as Super User..
> and again i executed "make install"  but the error is
>  
> "make: command not found"
>  
> But i can see the MakeFile there , but why make install is not executed 
> in SU mode..

Because the directory where the make executable file is, is not in
root's PATH.

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Kevin