[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1717: 'sudo make install' doesn't work

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#1717: 'sudo make install' doesn't work
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 Reporter:  davidsarah          |          Owner:
     Type:  defect              |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major               |      Milestone:  undecided
Component:  packaging           |        Version:  1.9.1
 Keywords:  setuptools install  |  Launchpad Bug:
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 erpo41 wrote on volunteergrid2-l:
 > Hi all,
 >
 > Since my node seems stable, I'm beginning to upload my backups into
 > the grid. Since tahoe is running on a dedicated server in its own user
 > account, I need to make the tahoe executable available to my personal
 > user account on that server. (Previously I had been running tahoe out
 > of /home/volunteergrid2/allmydata-tahoe-1.9.1/bin.)
 >
 > When I tried to install tahoe, I got the following error messages:
 >
 > -------------------
 > eric at io:/home/volunteergrid2/allmydata-tahoe-1.9.1$ sudo make install
 > python ./setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed
 > running update_version
 > no version-control data found, leaving _version.py alone
 > running install
 > error: You must specify --record or --root when building system packages
 > make: *** [install] Error 1
 > ----------------------
 >
 > This is why I hate building/installing from source on Linux. What do
 > --record and --root do? Does "building system packages" refer to
 > building the executable or a deb/rpm package? Do I actually have to go
 > back and rebuild the tahoe executable with those options? If so, where
 > do I insert those options in the "python setup.py build" command line
 > recommended by quickstart.rst for building the executable? What do
 > those options do and what should I set them to on my system?

 The 'install' Makefile target should not be using
 {{{--single-version-externally-managed}}}.

 As a workaround, use '{{{sudo python ./setup.py install}}}'.

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