When I tried to "emerge fltk", I got this error: ... >>> Install fltk-1.1.0_rc7 into /var/tmp/portage/fltk-1.1.0_rc7/image/ category x11-libs === installing FL === Installing include files in /usr/include/fltk-1.1... ACCESS DENIED mkdir: /usr/include/fltk-1.1 mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/include/fltk-1.1': Permission denied ACCESS DENIED mkdir: /usr/include/fltk-1.1 mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/include/fltk-1.1': Permission denied make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 ranlib: /var/tmp/portage/fltk-1.1.0_rc7/image//usr/lib/fltk-1.1/*.a: No such file or directory strip: >>> Completed installing into /var/tmp/portage/fltk-1.1.0_rc7/image/ --------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --------------------------- LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-fltk-1.1.0_rc7-18970.log" mkdir: /usr/include/fltk-1.1 mkdir: /usr/include/fltk-1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- !!! emerge aborting on /usr/portage/x11-libs/fltk/fltk-1.1.0_rc7.ebuild .
what version of portage are you using? I don't get the same errors on a fresh or upgrade installation...
For the sake of posterity... Here's a clipping from my last install attempt. I first made sure that /usr/include/fltk-1.1 did not exist. Then I emerged fltk... ... >>> Install fltk-1.1.0_rc7 into /var/tmp/portage/fltk-1.1.0_rc7/image/ category x11-libs === installing FL === Installing include files in /var/tmp/portage/fltk- 1.1.0_rc7/image//usr/include/fltk-1.1... === installing src === Installing libraries in /var/tmp/portage/fltk-1.1.0_rc7/image//usr/lib/fltk- 1.1... === installing fluid === Installing FLUID in /var/tmp/portage/fltk-1.1.0_rc7/image//usr/bin... === installing test === Nothing to install in test directory. === installing documentation === Installing documentation files in /var/tmp/portage/fltk- 1.1.0_rc7/image//usr/share/doc/fltk... Installing man pages in /var/tmp/portage/fltk-1.1.0_rc7/image//usr/share/man... gzipping man page: /var/tmp/portage/fltk- 1.1.0_rc7/image//usr/share/man/cat1/fltk-config.1 I don't get the same problem.
I have Portage 1.8.19.
The version of portage currently out is 2.0.37. Please upgrade to this version of portage and try to emerge fltk again. emerge rsync emerge portage emerge fltk Let me know how things go.
Yeah, upgrading my portage worked. Thanks.