That was also tried, didn't work. --- Todd Mitchell < temitchell at sympatico.ca > wrote: > I think this is a simple misunderstanding of intent, > no one would expect > you to install to / > > configure --prefix=/<pathto install> > > you have to be able to write to <pathtoinstall> > > for example configure --prefix=/usr/local/crossfire > wher eyour user owns > /usr/local/crossfire or > --configure-prefix=/home/youraccount/crossfire > > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > crossfire at metalforge.org > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/