"easy" (when you do this every day :)); compile was successful, but you tried to install into /usr/local/bin from user, not root, and have no permission to do that: "ls -l /usr/local/ | grep bin" show you "rwxr-xr-x root root", meaning only root can write in it, then?

just use "sudo make install", or do "make install" as root

ADD: as you see, program is installed in /usr/local/bin instead of /usr/bin, this is a default for every program you build manually, to change it, add "--prefix=/usr" to the ./configure, as "./configure --prefix=/usr" (as said by JohnVV)

If I understand you gengisdave; I need to type this at the prompt?

Should the word prefix literally be typed? Or should I be replacing 'prefix' with some other name?

"prefix" is a parameter for configure, it tells to the script that will generate the makefiles where we want the files go, saying --prefix=/usr, the makefile will be generated so binaries will go in /usr/bin, include in /usr/include, libraries in /usr/lib(64) etc

Thanks for explaining. Still having trouble and I lack the experience that you have.

no , almost but not quite

/usr NOT /usr/bin

the root "tree" for user space is /usr

if you were to use /usr/bin it would install into the wrong folders
/usr/bin/bin
/usr/bin/lib64
/usr/bin/include
/usr/bin/share

-- one too many "bin" folders


almost all fedora programs install to /usr
that is the default location for fedora

now you CAN use a secondary location BUT that brings with it some complications
-- for now you really do not want to have to deal with those

so use --prefix=/usr
and things will install just fine

Still not right is it?

Something still is not going correctly....(I Think) because of the Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am' Am I wrong?

although "make install" can sometimes be used as a shortcut
it is not a good idea
"make" should be ran as a NORMAL user

as root clean the build folder
there a few ways
start over with a clean extract of the tarball
or run "AS ROOT for this seeing as you ran "make" as root last time
then
as a normal non root user

Trying again exactly in the order you told me.
1) ./configure --prefix=/usr
2)make
3)su
4)make install

Getting a fresh tarball now-bb

Still looking as I have only been able to find mtpfs for FC 18-
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...tpfs&srodzaj=3

It's probably a bad idea to download the mtpfs tarball for FC 18 and extract it for FC 19? Right?

your last chain was perfect, it's a small packages, it has no libraries, just the binary

Does that mean I have done all that I can and it's complete?

yes, it only install the binary mtpfs in /usr/bin, as told by your configure parameters;

the string "nothing to be done..." is normal during make, as makefile contain a sequence of command to build the package and some of them exist, but have no relevant command, like pressing enter in a shell without entering a command, it does nothing but you have pressed enter

Thank you for explaining that it's normal during make.
I thought something was wrong.

Is there any other steps I need to proceed with?

no, just use it (and i'm interested too), just a thing more, if you want to delete it, just do a "make uninstall", you can delete the source folder, and in the future just do "./configure --prefix=/usr" and "make uninstall", remember the prefix you used or the makefile won't find anything

EDIT: the end of the world, my phone as a usbdrive :)

It's installed and that's good.
http://s1052.photobucket.com/user/Ul...mtpfs.png.html

BTW I also installed 'simple-mtpfs' as Jeremy advised me.
I'm very sorry to say that installing 'mtpfs' & 'simple-mtpfs' has made no difference or at least; so far it hasn't.

You guys are the best!
Thank you allfor teaching me this compilation process!;)