permission denied on make

jnk

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Any time I make any software from source, I get permission errors... I *think* always with mkdir and cp.

For instance:

Code:
$ sudo make
make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Installing DB include files: /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/include ...
mkdir: /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/include: Permission denied
make: *** [install_include] Error 1

Or after I make that directory by hand with a sudo mkdir:

Code:
sudo make
make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Installing DB include files: /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/include ...
cp: /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/include/db_cxx.h: Permission denied
cp: /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/include/db.h: Permission denied
make: *** [install_include] Error 1

Same thing happens with other software; SDL, subversion, etc.

Could it have something to do with filevault being on, or the root user being turned off?
 
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