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Trouble installing on Solaris 8
Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, 27 February, 2004 - 00:43
Whenever I try to install jEdit on Solaris 8 I get an error about it not being able to create a dirctory. Here is a text log:

a0864763@giovanni [/home/a0864763] java -jar jedit41install.jar text
*** jEdit 4.1 installer
Installation directory: [/home/a0864763/jedit/4.1] /home/a0864763/bin/jedit/4.1
Install shortcut in: [/home/a0864763/bin]
Install manual page in: [/home/a0864763/man/man1]
*** Program components to install
Install jEdit text editor (4888Kb) [Y/n]?
Install Default set of macros (highly recommended) (168Kb) [Y/n]?
Install API documentation (for macro and plugin development) (7028Kb) [Y/n]? n
*** Starting installation...
Installing jedit-program
Installing jedit-macros
Performing task unix-script
*** An error occurred: The installer could not create the destination directory.
Maybe you do not have write permission?
a0864763@giovanni [/home/a0864763]

I'm installing this in my home directory and I do have write permission everywhere in my home directory.

Please help.

Thanks,
Marlan
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I figured it out...
by Anonymous on Fri, 27/02/2004 - 22:03
Ok, I figured out my problem. It has nothing to do with Solaris.

I had changed the default install directory to /home/a0864763/bin/jedit, and I also chose to install the "shortcut" in /home/a0864763/bin.

The problem was that the "shortcut" is also called "jedit" so with a directory already there it could not create the start-up script "shortcut".

I solved it by deleting the previous, incomplete, install, then installing in /home/a0864763/bin/jedit4.1

Marlan
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