[physfs] problem installing under Windows 7

Sean Ridenour kewlpc at gmail.com
Sun Nov 7 16:51:28 EST 2010


Not 100% sure, but try putting PhysFS somewhere other than Program Files? That directory really isn't intended for that.
On Nov 7, 2010, at 12:24 PM, william wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> new to this mailing list. I hope people can except that I'm something of a newb and have a limited knowledge of things unfortunately.
> 
> I compiled the library okay. But when I run mingw32-make install I got the following error :-
> 
> Cmake error at cmake_install.cmake:31 (FILE):
> file cannot make directory: C:\Program Files (x86)/PhysicsFS/lib. Maybe need administator priveledges.
> 
> 
> To be honest I didn't know how to switch to administrator. Subsequently I found out that the user I am is the
> administrator so I thought either it doesn't realise this or that's not the reason it can't make the directory.
> 
> Hopefully someone can spot what I need to do without much difficulty,
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated. I'm using physfs alongside the allegro library.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> William Labbett
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