At 05:12 15-03-2001 +0100, you wrote:
>I am having trouble installing curl on FreeBSD with Apache/1.3.12
>OpenSSL/0.9.5a (Unix).
>- changed dir to /usr/local/temp/curl-7.6.1/src
>- ran make install
>
>Then it all went wrong. I got this :
>install: /usr/local/bin/curl: Permission denied

You do not have the required rights to write to that directory. I suggest
that you su as root before running "make install".

>Just a little footnote - the install instructions could be just a little
>clearer for non gurus like myself. I can follow manuals very well, but the
>instructions are very sparse so I'm totally lost now.

Please read the FreeBSD handbook for details about directory rights. In
case you do not know how to use "su", login to the server as "root".

Regards
-sm
Received on 2001-03-15