Non-root mentioned twice: These should be consolidated $ egrep -in 'personal|non-root' /var/tmp/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.55/INSTALL
45:To install as non-root, do something like this: 105:Installing SpamAssassin for Personal Use (Not System-Wide) also, telling the Personal Use user to do "make install" causes: mkdir /usr/local/lib/perl: Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 80 make[1]: *** [pure_site_install] Error 255 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/danspam/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.55' No, your instructions are very wrong perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/sausr SYSCONFDIR=~/saetc make make install we never get thru make install. even if we: cd $(tdir)/Mail-SpamAssassin-* && \ perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/sausr SYSCONFDIR=~/saetc \ INST_PREFIX=~/usr INST_SYSCONFDIR=~/etc && \ make INST_PREFIX=~/usr INST_SYSCONFDIR=~/etc && \ make install INST_PREFIX=~/usr INST_SYSCONFDIR=~/etc please somebody tell me how to make install in $HOME!? You are trying to write to /usr/local/lib/perl ... but I want to write to my home dir, am I "SOL"?! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk