markrmau wrote: > git clone git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git > cd media_build > ./build > sudo make install
I assume this will install into /usr/local. In that case instead of doing 'sudo' there I recommend adding yourself to the 'staff' group. adduser $USER staff adduser $USER adm exit login: $USER password And then logging out and back in again so that you will be in the staff group. The entire /usr/local tree is writable by group staff. This way you can install on your own machine into /usr/local without needing root. Since the process is you and not root it is safer against mistakes in the Makefile. It can't crawl out of /usr/local and accidentally write something elsewhere in the system such as /etc. Then it is this *without* the the sudo. git clone git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git cd media_build ./build make install Bob
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