On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Lisandro Dalcin <[email protected]> wrote:

I got this error at configuration time:

You do not have write access to create install directory given with --prefix=/usr/local/petsc/dev/linux-gnu perhaps use --with-sudo=sudo also

Then I've added, the sudo stuff and worked. However, after the configuation, the dir was not created. So the question is: in which scenario PETSc does need access to the install dir at configuration time?

PETSc does not NEED access until install time, however it is checking because people often screw this up. Matt

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