On 11/9/05, Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is a simple technical question, but I can't seem to find an answer. When > compiling from source, is it OK to sudo for the make install, or do I need to > su - I remember reading something about root's path environments not being > fully in place when sudo'ing - do I have that completely wrong? "su -" is not required, i've always done: su -c 'make install' so sudo should not present any problems