From 505c1123e18a8a710fc60e05a4c870497bf580f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Albinus Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 09:25:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] * INSTALL: Add advice how to invoke 'make install'. (Bug#74400) --- INSTALL | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index d2705d3a44d..8580ad7003d 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -671,6 +671,12 @@ for its Lisp files by giving values for 'make' variables as part of the command. See the section below called 'MAKE VARIABLES' for more information on this. +If the directories where 'make install' installs files are not writable +by your user, you might prefer invoking 'make && sudo make install' +instead. This first invokes 'make' to make sure all the required files +are rebuilt with your user's permissions and ownership, and then +installs them using the permissions of root. + 7) Check the file 'dir' in your site's info directory (usually /usr/local/share/info) to make sure that it has a menu entry for the Emacs info files.