On 31/03/2014 20:25, Kfir Lavi wrote: > Hi all, > I'm trying to create an ebuild to install matlab MCR on gentoo. > The installer InstallShileld try to create directory /root/InstallShield ;-) > mkdir is run by java binary that try this. So I have no access to change it. > There is no option to provide InstallShield it's relative install path. > I can provide matlab's install path and other options, but this made > permanent /root/InstallShield > > What can I do? > > Thanks, > Kfir >
As pointed out in -dev, let's first establish if the installer really wants to write to /root or if it's actually ${HOME} Do you get the identical error if you run the installer as a regular user? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com