[SOLVED] Install wants administrative privileges

[Scheikl]

Hi,
I am trying to build sofa (v21.12) with the following setup on Ubuntu 20.04:

FOLDER_SRC=$HOME/sofa/src
FOLDER_TARGET=$HOME/sofa/build
FOLDER_INSTALL=$HOME/sofa/build/install
PYTHON_PKG_PATH=$(python3 -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_paths()["purelib"])')
PYTHON_EXE=$(which python3)
PYTHON_ROOT_DIR=$CONDA_PREFIX

cmake -Wno-dev \
    -S $FOLDER_SRC -B $FOLDER_TARGET \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$FOLDER_INSTALL \
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
    -DSOFA_FETCH_SOFAPYTHON3=ON \
    -DPLUGIN_SOFAPYTHON3=ON \
    -DPython_EXECUTABLE=$PYTHON_EXE \
    -DPython_ROOT_DIR=$PYTHON_ROOT_DIR \
    -DSP3_LINK_TO_USER_SITE=ON \
    -DSP3_PYTHON_PACKAGES_LINK_DIRECTORY=$PYTHON_PKG_PATH

cmake --build $FOLDER_TARGET -j --target install

cmake and build are fine, but the install wants to write outside of home.

[100%] Built target Bindings.SofaGui
[100%] Built target runSofa
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: "Release"
CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:41 (file):
  file cannot create directory: /lib/cmake/Modules.  Maybe need
  administrative privileges.

make: *** [Makefile:86: install] Error 1

Any ideas and tips are welcome! 🙂

Cheers,
Paul

[Hugo]

Hey @scheikl

Did you solved your issue? It sounds more a right issue on your machine.
Was it? you are trying to install SOFA in a repo where you are not allowed to write (/lib/)

You should be able to define the install dir yourself.
Let me know if this helps.

Best wishes,

Hugo

[Hugo]

and a happy new and healthy year to you Paul!

[Scheikl]

Hi Hugo,
a happy new year to you too! 🙂

For some reason the issue was solved by the universal solution: reboot
I still have no idea why the error occurred in the first place or why it did not persist.
I did not rerun cmake.

Cheers,
Paul

[Author]

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