[mpich-discuss] Problem in Installing MPE

Anthony Chan chan at mcs.anl.gov
Thu Mar 3 20:19:23 CST 2011


You should do configure and make as regular user,
and install as root if the install directory is a root
writeable only, e.g. /usr/local.  But if you install MPE
to your home directory or somewhere you as a regular user
has write permission, you can do everything as a regular user.

A.Chan

----- Original Message -----
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install MPE and I am facing a problem.
> The ./configure and make operations work fine but when
> I am executing make install, it gives me error as:
> 
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
> `/usr/local/include/clog_commset.h': Permission denied
> 
> So I become root user and then try to execute make install, but then I
> get
> an error like:
> 
> /bin/sh: ./sbin/mpeinstall: Permission denied
> make: *** [install] Error 126
> 
> Can anybody please suggest the reason of the above.
> 
> Thank You,
> Vaibhav
> 
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