htslib installation problem

Question

[kabir.deb]

I was trying install htslib as dependencies for Auggustus. I have followed

cd htslib/
autoheader
autoreconf
./configure
make
make install

I got stuck in the last step (make install); it was showing that,

mkdir -p -m 755 /usr/local/bin /usr/local/include /usr/local/include/htslib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/share/man/man1 /usr/local/share/man/man5 /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
if test -n ""; then mkdir -p -m 755 ; fi
install -p -m 644 libhts.so /usr/local/lib/libhts.so.1.8
install: cannot remove '/usr/local/lib/libhts.so.1.8': Permission denied
Makefile:454: recipe for target 'install-so' failed
make: *** [install-so] Error 1

I couldn't understand what is the problem, PLEASE HELP.

[lakhujanivijay]

Hello kabir.deb0353,

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Thank you!

[kabir.deb]

Thank you every one for the suggestions, the problem has been solved by using sudo make install.

[WouterDeCoster]

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Answer 1

[finswimmer]

Hello,

the problem is described in this line:

install: cannot remove '/usr/local/lib/libhts.so.1.8': Permission denied

make install makes changes on files located in areas that need root permission.

If you are on Ubuntu you need to run make install with sudo.

But at all, I don't like to install programs without using the package manager of the system. So first have a look if the package isn't available through your package manager. If you realy need to build htslib use the --prefix option in the configure step to define where the package should be installed. This should be a folder in the home folder of the user or a subfolder of /opt.

fin swimmer

Answer 2

[Arindam Ghosh]

Seems like you need ROOT privilege.