I am having trouble compiling the development version of SANE now, unfortunately, straight from the repository.
System: 32-bit Debian unstable installed version of SANE: 1.0.2 I do the following as root: cd ~/src git clone git://git.debian.org/sane/sane-backends.git cd sane-backends autoconf automake BACKENDS="pixma epson2" ./configure make make install Everything up to and including "make" seems to end perfectly. Unfortunately, make install fails. Here is the last part of the output: ... make install-data-hook make[4]: Entering directory `/home/gernot/src/sane-CVS/sane-backends/backend' rm -f /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane.* test -z "/usr/local/etc/sane.d" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/etc/sane.d" test -z "/usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.d" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.d" NOT overwriting pixma.conf in /usr/local/etc/sane.d... NOT overwriting epson2.conf in /usr/local/etc/sane.d... NOT overwriting saned.conf in /usr/local/etc/sane.d... NOT overwriting dll.conf in /usr/local/etc/sane.d... for dir in artec_eplus48u gt68xx snapscan epjitsu ; do \ /bin/bash ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/sane/${dir} ; \ done /bin/bash ../mkinstalldirs -m 775 -g uucp /usr/local/var/lock/sane Usage: mkinstalldirs [-h] [--help] [--version] [-m MODE] DIR ... Create each directory DIR (with mode MODE, if specified), including all leading file name components. Report bugs to <bug-automake at gnu.org>. make[4]: *** [install-lockpath] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/gernot/src/sane-CVS/sane-backends/backend' make[3]: *** [install-data-am] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gernot/src/sane-CVS/sane-backends/backend' make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gernot/src/sane-CVS/sane-backends/backend' make[1]: *** [install] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gernot/src/sane-CVS/sane-backends/backend' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 I don't see an explicit reason given (such as permissions missing). Searching for comments regarding the actual error line yields no recent results (an error like this apparently existed in 1.0.20 in 2009 for some gentoo users, according to search results). Any pointers much appreciated. Regards, Gernot Hassenpflug I wonder if there is