[Geany] Failed to create tags file

[Křištof Želechovski]

Dnia środa, 11 maja 2011 o 00:00:10 Lex Trotman napisał(a):
> On 11 May 2011 06:03, Křištof Želechovski <giecrilj at stegny.2a.pl> wrote:
> >> ---
> >> Geany-INFO: Failed to open /usr/local/share/geany/filetypes.common (No
> >> such file or directory)
> >> ---
> >
> > This probably means you failed to install Geany properly.
> > Chris
> 
> Some distros install Geany in different places.
> 
> When compiling (especially for hacking) I use a different prefix so as
> to not get things mixed up.

Actually it did not get mixed up since the system installation was intact.

> 
> For what its worth my personal method is:
> 
> Say the source is in /somepath/trunk
> 
> Then I build with --prefix=somepath, so all files are installed within
> somepath, and no system privileges are needed to install, so I *can't*
> overwrite the system stuff.
> 

The ordinary value for somepath is /usr/local for home-grown projects.

Chris