I'm also a rank beginner, and had the same problem :(

But i managed to figure out that the 'Makefile' file holds the answer to our problem.

If you open the 'Makefile' file with a text editor (even TextEdit), and change the bottom section:

install:
		mkdir -p $(INSTALLPATH)
		install -g root -m755 -o root $(PROGNAME) $(INSTALLPATH)/$(PROGNAME)
		install -g root -m644 -o root debian/$(PROGNAME).1 $(MANPATH)/$(PROGNAME).1

install:
		mkdir -p $(INSTALLPATH)
		mkdir -p $(MANPATH)
		install $(PROGNAME) $(INSTALLPATH)/$(PROGNAME)
		install debian/$(PROGNAME).1 $(MANPATH)/$(PROGNAME).1

It seems that the original makefile install code was trying to create the installed files with group & mode info set to root, which was generating the error! So i just removed those switches and the problem went away, YAY!
I also added a line to create a man folder for the man info in usr/local/, which my OS installation didn't seem to have! If you already have this folder, you can just delete the line.

Hope this helps! And enjoy responsibly ;)

Later!

[ Reply to This | # ]

Thanks - that worked :) Mind you, I still can't get a man page...
Cheers,
tt