root@DEVON.PREPNET.COM (Operator) (04/12/91)
I am trying to install Emacs 18.57 on an RS6000 and I am losing. First
of all, I get the following error when I type "make install":
% make install
cd etc; make all
cd src; make all
make -f xmakefile all
mkdir /usr/emacs-18.57
mkdir: File exists
1254-005 The error code from the last failed command is 2.
This value will be ignored.
chmod 777 /usr/emacs-18.57
mkdir /usr/emacs-18.57/lock
mkdir: File exists
1254-005 The error code from the last failed command is 2.
This value will be ignored.
chmod 777 /usr/emacs-18.57/lock
if [ `/bin/pwd` != `(cd /usr/emacs-18.57; /bin/pwd)` ] ; then \
tar cf - etc info lisp | (cd /usr/emacs-18.57; umask 0; tar xBf - ) ;\
for i in etc info lisp lisp/term; do \
(rm -rf /usr/emacs-18.57/$i/RCS; \
rm -f /usr/emacs-18.57/$i/\#*; \
rm -f /usr/emacs-18.57/$i/*~); \
done \
else true; \
fi
install -c -s etc/emacsclient /usr/emacs-18.57/emacsclient
install: The -c, -f, -n options each require a directory following! The -M, -O, -G options require mode, owner or group following!
1254-004 The error code from the last failed command is 2.
Make Quitting.
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Well, I tried to get around this problem by cp'ing everything manually.
But after doing so, when I type "emacs foo" (where foo exists and the
directory is writable), a window comes up and I always get the minibuffer
message "File not found and directory doesn't exist" and the buffer
always comes up empty and write-protected.
I know that I am doing something really stupid. Could you please tell
me what it is? Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Jon Freeman
(freeman@devon.prepnet.com)