On 2/22/07, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>> "John" == John McCabe-Dansted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> I compiled lyx 1.4.4 from source in Dapper. I got the error
John> below. This was fixed by moving ~/.lyx out of the way. I just
John> thought I'd mention it in case anyone else had the same problem.
John> LyX: reconfiguring user directory Traceback (most recent call
John> last): File "/usr/local/share/lyx/configure.py", line 759, in ?
John> log = open(logfile, 'w') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
John> 'configure.log'
Where did this 'permission denied' come from? Did you have an existing
file? With which access rights?
Apparently, the entire .lyx directory was owned by root. Presumably I
used a sudo at the wrong place and time.
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John C. McCabe-Dansted
PhD Student
University of Western Australia
