make install to hdf - 4.2.10 for gdal

Hello,
when I run make install to hdf - 4.2.10 for gdal , get the following error

make[3]: se ingresa al directorio «/home/natalia/Descargas/hdf-4.2.10/hdf/src»
/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/hdf4/lib'
/bin/mkdir: no se puede crear el directorio «/usr/local/hdf4»: Permiso denegado
make[3]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[3]: se sale del directorio «/home/natalia/Descargas/hdf-4.2.10/hdf/src»
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: se sale del directorio «/home/natalia/Descargas/hdf-4.2.10/hdf/src»
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: se sale del directorio «/home/natalia/Descargas/hdf-4.2.10/hdf»
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

can someone help?

Permiso denegado

Does this means 'permission denied' in english? If so because you don't have necessary permissions to install into /usr/local directory.
Either run 'make install' as root user or install in a directory for which you have necessary permission.

veerain, thanks for your answer