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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:42:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Jason Lixfeld <carrera@idirect.com>
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On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Jason Lixfeld wrote:

> Hi, I have another question..  I am trying to install ircII for FreeBSD
> 2.1.5  I'm having a few problems.  I can't install the client in the
> default directories because it calls for a mkdir in /usr and I don't have
> persissions to write to that directory.. I understand that there is a way
> to designtae alternate directories, but how do I go about doing this?!  I
> have tried to pico Makefile, but it doesn't tell me anything about file
> locations.  Please assist..

Try doing the make su'd to root.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major