git installation fails in home directory on ubuntu 12.04

git installation fails in home directory on ubuntu 12.04

[Stefan Beller]

So I did
git fetch
git rebase
git describe
v1.7.12-503-g5976753

./configure --prefix=/home/sb
make
make install
    GEN perl/PM.stamp
    SUBDIR gitweb
    SUBDIR ../
    SUBDIR perl
make[1]: `perl.mak' is up to date.
make[2]: `GIT-VERSION-FILE' is up to date.
    GEN git-instaweb
    SUBDIR git-gui
    SUBDIR gitk-git
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
    SUBDIR perl
    SUBDIR git_remote_helpers
    SUBDIR templates
install -d -m 755 '/home/sb/bin'
install -d -m 755 '/home/sb/libexec/git-core'
install   git-credential-store git-daemon git-fast-import
git-http-backend git-imap-send git-sh-i18n--envsubst git-shell
git-show-index git-upload-pack git-http-fetch git-http-push
git-credential-cache git-credential-cache--daemon git-remote-http
git-remote-https git-remote-ftp git-remote-ftps git-am git-bisect
git-difftool--helper git-filter-branch git-lost-found git-merge-octopus
git-merge-one-file git-merge-resolve git-mergetool git-pull
git-quiltimport git-rebase git-repack git-request-pull git-stash
git-submodule git-web--browse git-add--interactive git-difftool
git-archimport git-cvsexportcommit git-cvsimport git-cvsserver
git-relink git-send-email git-svn git-remote-testgit git-p4 git-instaweb
'/home/sb/libexec/git-core'
install -m 644  git-mergetool--lib git-parse-remote git-rebase--am
git-rebase--interactive git-rebase--merge git-sh-setup git-sh-i18n
'/home/sb/libexec/git-core'
install git git-upload-pack git-receive-pack git-upload-archive
git-shell git-cvsserver '/home/sb/bin'
make -C templates DESTDIR='' install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/templates'
install -d -m 755 '/home/sb/share/git-core/templates'
(cd blt && tar cf - .) | \
	(cd '/home/sb/share/git-core/templates' && umask 022 && tar xof -)
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/templates'
install -d -m 755 '/home/sb/libexec/git-core/mergetools'
install -m 644 mergetools/* '/home/sb/libexec/git-core/mergetools'
install -d -m 755 '/home/sb/share/locale'
(cd po/build/locale && tar cf - .) | \
	(cd '/home/sb/share/locale' && umask 022 && tar xof -)
make -C perl prefix='/home/sb' DESTDIR='' install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/perl'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/perl'
Appending installation info to /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2/perllocal.pod
mkdir /usr/local/lib/perl: Permission denied at
/usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/Command.pm line 288
make[2]: [doc_site_install] Error 13 (ignored)
/bin/sh: 1: cannot create /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2/perllocal.pod:
Directory nonexistent
make[2]: [doc_site_install] Error 2 (ignored)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ERROR: Can't create '/usr/local/share/man/man3'
mkdir /usr/local/share/man/man3: Permission denied at
/usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 494

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 at -e line 1
make[2]: *** [pure_site_install] Error 13
make[2]: Target `install' not remade because of errors.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/perl'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/perl'
make: *** [install] Error 2

Re: git installation fails in home directory on ubuntu 12.04

[Junio C Hamano]

Stefan Beller <stefbel@web.de> writes:

> So I did
> git fetch
> git rebase
> git describe
> v1.7.12-503-g5976753
>
> ./configure --prefix=/home/sb
> make
> make install
>     GEN perl/PM.stamp
>     SUBDIR gitweb
>     SUBDIR ../
>     SUBDIR perl
> make[1]: `perl.mak' is up to date.
> ...
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/perl'
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/sb/OSS/git/perl'
> Appending installation info to /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2/perllocal.pod
> mkdir /usr/local/lib/perl: Permission denied at
> /usr/share/perl/5.14/ExtUtils/Command.pm line 288

I often do an equivalent of

        make prefix=/home/gitster
        make prefix=/home/gitster install

and never saw this.  I do not use ./configure, and am not actively
involved in maintaining that part of the system.

Among the people who touched configure.ac and aclocal.m4 in the past
18 months, Stefano seems to be the most clueful with that part of
the system, and among those who touched perl/Makefile.PL during the
same period, I suspect Jonathan may know a thing or two about
MakeMaker, so let's see if we can get help from these directions...