Installation problem on OS X 10.4.8

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dkorbuly

Installation problem on OS X 10.4.8

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I am new to everything! Please, help
I am trying to install ImageMagic on OS X 10. 4.8. I am the only user. Downloading and compillation when OK. But when I enter "make install" on "Terminal" I get the message:

cd PerlMagick && make CC='gcc'
test -z "/usr/local/lib" || config/install-sh -c -d "/usr/local/lib"
mkdir: /usr/local: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make: *** [install-am] Error 2[/size]

How can I install the Program and get prmission.? Thanks
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Post by magick »

You typically need superuser (root) permission to install in /usr/local. First become superuser and then type
  • make install
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Post by dkorbuly »

magick wrote: You typically need superuser (root) permission to install in /usr/local. First become superuser and then type
  • make install



Thanks! But I need some more advice
I enabled root user and got to the "root" direcotry. (OS X 10.8.4) I tried to find /usr/local in the directory. i didn't. I am sure it is an obvious direction to somebody who is more familiar with the Mac directory. Can you advice me how to proceed? Thanks.
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Post by magick »

You can put ImageMagick anywhere on your system by setting the path with the configure script option
  • --prefix
The default install goes to the
  • /usr/local
path is a common place to put programs on Unix systems. The ImageMagick install program creates it if it does not already exist.
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