New Linux Installation Question

[Budge]

On 02/09/2015 09:49 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 9 February 2015 at 21:39, Budge <ajebay at errichel.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 02/09/2015 09:04 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On 9 February 2015 at 20:50, Budge <ajebay at errichel.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Hi and thanks for the advice.  I had understood however that
>>>>
>>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 meant that user had write permissions.  I could of course change ownership but why have I not had this issue before?
>>> That says that the owner has write permission.  But who is the owner?
>>> ls -l /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer
>>> will tell you.
>>>
>>> Most likely the owner is root, as you probably used sudo to put the file there.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Colin,
>> Yes root is the owner.  File is in /usr/local/bin.  What is best/correct
>> approach, to give everyone permission, change it temporarily or change
>> ownership?
> You should not give everyone permission to it.
>
> Someone asked earlier what command you were running that gave this
> error.  It should only happen if get-iplayer is attempting an update.
>
> In fact it is not a good idea to install manually into that folder
> anyway.  If you were to install get-iplayer from the repository it
> would overwrite it.  It would be more usual to manually install to
> /usr/local/bin, though that wil not affect the permissions issue.
>
> Colin
>  
Hi Colin,
The problem occurred when I ran get_iplayer from my home directory for
the first time, which is when the plugins are sorted out.
I cannot follow your last paragraph which appears contradictory.  I did
install into /usr/local/bin manually as per wiki and I have sorted out
problem now.
The only remaining issue which always causes a problem on a new
installation is getting AtomicParsley installed and working, especially
using pvr and a cron job.  Will call for help if needed.  Thanks again
meanwhile.
Budge