[Fwd: [Fwd: [sudo-users] Config sudo for installation]]

[FuziOK]

edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
> FuziOK wrote:
> >edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
> >>FuziOK wrote:
> >>>edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
> >>>>FuziOK wrote:
> >>>>>edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
> >>>>>>Hello,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>If so, what a good ( best ) solution for the problem ?
> >>>>>>Due to some user may need to install the source code packages by
> >>>>>> using sudo...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Edward.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>For most of packages, you can install them into your home dir (or
> >>>>> other places where you have enough privileges). Like this
> >>>>>
> >>>>>$ ./configure --prefix=/path/to/some/where && make && make install
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Of course, you'd better add /path/to/some/where/bin to PATH.
> >>>>
> >>>>Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>>Sorry, did you means that we needn't to config the sudo ( such as
> >>>>sudores ) ?
> >>>>
> >>>>Edward.
> >>>
> >>>If you want to install packages into your own dir,  no root (sudo)
> >>>privilege is needed.
> >>
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>BUT now is needed !
> >>
> >>Edward.
> >
> >Which package do you want to install?
> >Have you re-configured with '--prefix=/path/to/some/where' and re-maked?
> >If failed, try using a fresh unpacked copy of the source.
>
> Hello,
>
> Eg : ftp , webmin / usermin, may be phpbb also !
>
> Edward.

To install packages like webmin, I think, root privilege is really needed.
(Webmin is used for system administration, not a user's application.)