Re: [O] Problem Installing Info Files

2012-05-24 Thread Achim Gratz
Ian Barton writes: > Thanks, tried that but got same error. In any case the directory is > owned by me, so it shouldn't be a permission problem. What are the permissions on the directory and what is the OS? Unless install-info has a bug on your system, it should create a "dir" file if it cannot f

Re: [O] Problem Installing Info Files

2012-05-23 Thread Achim Gratz
Ian Barton writes: > I have found the problem, the clue was in the error message:) When I > was using Debian/Ubuntu I got fed up of trying to get the info file to > install in the "correct" place. Using a large bit of duck tape, I put > it in: [...] > Since this isn't an info directory it doesn't c

Re: [O] Problem Installing Info Files

2012-05-23 Thread Ian Barton
On 23/05/12 11:35, suvayu ali wrote: Hello Ian, On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Ian Barton wrote: from the directory containing org gives the following error: ~/.emacs.d/src/info/dir: could not read (No such file or directory) and could not create (No such file or directory) I think your

Re: [O] Problem Installing Info Files

2012-05-23 Thread suvayu ali
Hello Ian, On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Ian Barton wrote: > from the directory containing org gives the following error: > > ~/.emacs.d/src/info/dir: could not read (No such file or directory) and > could not create (No such file or directory) I think your info setup is a bit different. It

Re: [O] Problem Installing Info Files

2012-05-23 Thread Ian Barton
On 23/05/12 11:19, Jude DaShiell wrote: Try: sudo make .install-info while in the org directory and see what happens. On Wed, 23 May 2012, Ian Barton wrote: When I run make install I am getting the following error: make -C doc install make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ian/Dropbox/.emacs.d/src

Re: [O] Problem Installing Info Files

2012-05-23 Thread Jude DaShiell
Try: sudo make .install-info while in the org directory and see what happens. On Wed, 23 May 2012, Ian Barton wrote: > When I run make install I am getting the following error: > > make -C doc install > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ian/Dropbox/.emacs.d/src/org-mode/doc' > if [ ! -d ~/.emac

[O] Problem Installing Info Files

2012-05-23 Thread Ian Barton
When I run make install I am getting the following error: make -C doc install make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ian/Dropbox/.emacs.d/src/org-mode/doc' if [ ! -d ~/.emacs.d/src/info ]; then mkdir -p ~/.emacs.d/src/info; else true; fi ; install -p org ~/.emacs.d/src/info install-info --infodir=~