configuring with --prefix

[Matthew Knepley]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Lisandro Dalcin <dalcinl at gmail.com> wrote:
> I got this error at configuration time:
>
>  You do not have write access to create install directory given with
>  --prefix=/usr/local/petsc/dev/linux-gnu perhaps use --with-sudo=sudo
>  also
>
>  Then I've added, the sudo stuff and worked. However, after the
>  configuation, the dir was not created. So the question is: in which
>  scenario PETSc does need access to the install dir at configuration
>  time?

PETSc does not NEED access until install time, however it is checking because
people often screw this up.

  Matt

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