Re: Ubuntu 12.04 "pkg install" does not work

[Thomas Weber]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 04:59:02PM +0200, c. wrote:
> 
> On 6 Sep 2013, at 15:13, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > They don't.
> 
> What I meant is the following lines in "octave.conf" installed from
> 
> from 
> "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/o/octave/octave_3.6.4-3.debian.tar.gz":
> 
>   suffix = "/octave/packages";
>   pkg ("prefix", sprintf ("%s%s", octave_config_info ("datadir"), suffix),
>                sprintf ("%s%s", octave_config_info ("libdir"), suffix));
>   clear suffix;
> 
> this automatically switches the installation prefix to system directories 
> that are not accessible
> to normal users, therefore by default only superuser may install packages.
> 
> I don't understand why this is necessary.

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=32049#comment5

Once we switch the directories, there is no way to set them back. And we
have to switch them when building packages.

        Thomas