"make install" fails

[actuallySIG]

"make install" fails, and I get the following errors:

TARGET_DIR=sed -nre 's/#define FAKEXRANDR_INSTALL_DIR "([^"]+)"/\1/p' config.h;
[ -d $TARGET_DIR ] || exit 1;
install libXrandr.so $TARGET_DIR;
ln -s libXrandr.so $TARGET_DIR/libXrandr.so.2 || true;
ln -s libXrandr.so $TARGET_DIR/libXinerama.so.1 || true;
ldconfig
install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/lib/libXrandr.so': Permission denied
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/local/lib/libXrandr.so.2': Permission denied
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/local/lib/libXinerama.so.1': Permission denied
/sbin/ldconfig.real: Can't create temporary cache file /etc/ld.so.cache~: Permission denied
Makefile:19: recipe for target 'install' failed
make: *** [install] Error 1

Can I install without doing sudo? I'm on Ubuntu 16.04. Thanks.

[phillipberndt]

No, you can't. You can however copy the generated libXrandr.so to any directory, create the symlinks manually, and add the directory to your library search path by adding export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/full/path to your user's bashrc.

[actuallySIG]

I see. It would be a time-saver to have an option for this in the "make install". An idea for a feature maybe?

Anyway, thanks!

[nmschulte]

I haven't used fakexrandr in a while, but I've got this change stashed from nearly 2 years ago.

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2321194..bf83c19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PREFIX=/home/nmschulte/.local
+PREFIX=/usr
 CFLAGS=-O2
 
 ifeq ($(shell pkg-config --errors-to-stdout --print-errors xcb-randr),)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 565130d..24467e8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ REAL_LIBRARY_DIR=$(dirname "${REAL_LIBRARY}")
 
 # 3) Determine location for fake xrandr library
 LIBRARY_DIRECTORIES=($(ldconfig -v 2>/dev/null | grep -oE '^/[^:]+'))
-FAKE_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY=/home/nmschulte/.local/lib
+FAKE_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY=
 CANDIDATES=
 for DIR in ${LIBRARY_DIRECTORIES[@]}; do
        if [ "$DIR" == "${REAL_LIBRARY_DIR}" ]; then