[vtkusers] VTK Install Errors

[Dave Partyka]

To install in /usr/local you need root privileges (sudo make install). If
you want to install elsewhere, run cmake and change the value of
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to your home directory for example.

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:21 AM, <dbremne2 at illinois.edu> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'm trying to build the VTK library 5.6 from source on a fedora (Cambridge)
> machine. I'm getting the following error while running make install:
>
> Install the project...
> -- Install configuration: ""
> CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:36 (FILE):
>  file cannot create directory: /usr/local/lib/vtk-5.6.  Maybe need
>  administrative privileges.
>
> Can anyone confirm that I need root access or could it be a bigger problem.
> Is there anyway around this issue without admin privileges?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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