Hey there,
I'm not certain how many people use
Nicotine, a feature complete
SoulSeek client for Linux, but I am having a lot of problems installing it.
I have thoroughly read the README and INSTALL files, and googled extensively for an answer, but I can't seem to find any help. I have all the required dependencies for the software. Here's the problem:
The INSTALL file instructs me to run the command
Code:
python setup.py install --prefix=/whatever/directory/i/want
When I run that command from the source tree as instructed, the installer begins and it seems to run as normally expected. Then the following error is returned:
Code:
[dsmurf@binaural dsmurf]$ cd downloads/nicotine-1.0.8rc1
[dsmurf@binaural nicotine-1.0.8rc1]$ python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_scripts
running install_lib
creating /usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pynicotine
error: could not create '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pynicotine': Permission denied
[dsmurf@binaural nicotine-1.0.8rc1]$
The "permission denied" lead me to think that I had to be logged in as root to solve the problem. So su'ed and ran the command again. This time I got an even stranger message:
Code:
[root@binaural nicotine-1.0.8rc1]# python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local/
running install
error: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib/python2.3/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
[root@binaural nicotine-1.0.8rc1]#
[root@binaural nicotine-1.0.8rc1]#
I don't know I can get past the "running install" phase when logged in as myself, but not when logged in as root. I just don't understand what is going on here.
I am pretty stumped on what to do here. If any one has any sort of experience with Nicotine at all...i would really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance.
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