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ExifTool => Install Problems => Topic started by: Martin314 on February 08, 2020, 11:45:58 AM

Title: ERROR: Can't create '/usr/local/man/man1'
Post by: Martin314 on February 08, 2020, 11:45:58 AM
I followed all the instructions on the install page, but when I get to "sudo make install" I get this error:

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ERROR: Can't create '/usr/local/man/man1'
mkdir /usr/local/man: File exists at /usr/share/perl/5.26/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 477.

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at -e line 1.
Makefile:1508: recipe for target 'pure_site_install' failed
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 17


It appears to manifying a bunch of pod documents before it gets to this point.
Title: Re: ERROR: Can't create '/usr/local/man/man1'
Post by: Phil Harvey on February 08, 2020, 07:17:26 PM
No worries.  You don't need to install ExifTool to use it.  Just move exiftool and its lib directory to wherever you want and run it from there.

- Phil