Building Maxima on Ubuntu running in Sun Virtual Box


On Fri, 12 Feb 2010, Richard Hennessy wrote:

< Hi List,
< 
< I am having some trouble with ./configure.  Is there any problem with running
< Ubuntu on Sun Virtual Box?  I am getting errors about being unable to create
< files while building Maxima.  Access denied type errors.  I am running Sun
< Virtual Box on Windows 7.
 
Rich,
You've not provided us with enough information to properly diagnose the
problem. However, my guess is that you are trying to build Maxima in a
directory that is not owned by your user. 'ls -l'  will tell you
who owns what.

Leo

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