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> hi, all:
> i tried to install glib into our lab's Sparc workstation with SunOS5.
> 1. i downloaded the source from gnu's website: http://www.gtk.org/
> 2. gunzip it, and tar xvf it.
> 3. in the source directory, run the command "sh config"
> 4. make
> 5. make install

> the steps 1 - 4 is all right without any error. however, when i do
> step 5, it tells me the destionation ("usr/local/lib") file system is
> read only.
> so the installation is unsuccessful.

> i logged in as administrator -- "root".
> and i found the user of "usr/local/lib" is "bin". and its access
> permission is 0644. therefore the installation failure.

> but when i login as "bin", it says i can't install software with this
> user id.

> so i can only do the installation as "root", but the access permission
> leads to the failure, shall i change the permission forcifully to
> 0666?
> i fear that may cause something unexpected in the whole system, coz
> 0644 of "usr/local/lib" is the original setting from Sun. no one in
> our lab has modifed this permission.

> anyone here has had the same experience in installing the glib under
> Sun Sparc workstaion with SunOS5?

> any solution to it?

> thanks in advance,

> And i tried to forcifully change the access permission of
> "/usr/local/lib" from 0755 to 0777. still can't succeed.
> i (log in as root) do it as "chmod 777 /usr/local/lib", and i get the
> error message:
> /usr/local/lib: Read-only file system

> it can't be changed by root! unimaginable! is it because that folder
> is in another partition which is marked read-only? if so, how can i
> change that permission?

> then if we can't install any software if the software require to write
> into the folder /usr/local/lib? and i am afraid most software will
> have such requirement.

> what shall i do?

> > hi, all:
> > i tried to install glib into our lab's Sparc workstation with SunOS5.
> > 1. i downloaded the source from gnu's website: http://www.gtk.org/
> > 2. gunzip it, and tar xvf it.
> > 3. in the source directory, run the command "sh config"
> > 4. make
> > 5. make install

> > the steps 1 - 4 is all right without any error. however, when i do
> > step 5, it tells me the destionation ("usr/local/lib") file system is
> > read only.
> > so the installation is unsuccessful.

> > i logged in as administrator -- "root".
> > and i found the user of "usr/local/lib" is "bin". and its access
> > permission is 0644. therefore the installation failure.

> > but when i login as "bin", it says i can't install software with this
> > user id.

> > so i can only do the installation as "root", but the access permission
> > leads to the failure, shall i change the permission forcifully to
> > 0666?
> > i fear that may cause something unexpected in the whole system, coz
> > 0644 of "usr/local/lib" is the original setting from Sun. no one in
> > our lab has modifed this permission.

> > anyone here has had the same experience in installing the glib under
> > Sun Sparc workstaion with SunOS5?

> > any solution to it?

> > thanks in advance,