# Freefem installation error on ubuntu 18.04 **URL:** \ **Category:** FreeFEM installation\ **Created:** [February 19, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-installation-error-on-ubuntu-18-04/260 "2020-02-19T19:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emma87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Emma87](https://community.freefem.org/u/Emma87)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-installation-error-on-ubuntu-18-04/260/1 "2020-02-19T19:49:00Z")
## config.status: creating examples/3dCurve/Makefile config.status: creating config.h config.status: executing depfiles commands configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-pastix, --disable-iohdf5 configure: FreeFEM used download: yes configure: – Dynamic load facility: yes configure: – ARPACK (eigen value): yes configure: – UMFPACK (sparse solver): yes configure: – BLAS: yes configure: – with MPI: yes configure: – with PETSc: yes / PETSc complex: yes configure: – with SLEPc: yes / SLEPc complex: yes configure: – with hpddm: yes (need MPI & c++11: yes) configure: – with htool: yes (need MPI & c++11: yes) configure: – with bemtool: yes (need boost: yes and htool: yes ) configure: – without libs: configure: – without plugins: configure: progs: FreeFem+±nw bamg cvmsh2 FreeFem+±mpi ffmedit ffglut configure: use of download freeyams see 3rdparty/yams/freeyams.2011.02.22 (suface mesh adaptation) configure: use of download mmg3d (v4) see 3rdparty/mmg3d/mmg3d4/LICENCE.txt configure: use of download mmg see 3rdparty/mmg/mmg-sources/LICENSE configure: use of download parmmg see 3rdparty/parmmg/parmmg-sources/LICENSE configure: try to download: bem yams mshmet parmmg mmg mmg3d configure: use of download boost see 3rdparty/boost/LICENSE\_1\_0.txt configure: Please run “3rdparty/getall” to download all necessary packages before running make hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ sudo make install Making install in 3rdparty make[1]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ Making install in blas make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/blas’ make[2]: Nothing to be done for ‘install’. make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/blas’ Making install in arpack make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/arpack’ make[2]: Nothing to be done for ‘install’. make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/arpack’ Making install in umfpack make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/umfpack’ make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/umfpack’ make[3]: Nothing to be done for ‘install-exec-am’. make[3]: Nothing to be done for ‘install-data-am’. make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/umfpack’ make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/umfpack’ make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ \n\n \*\*\*\*\*\* mshmet \*\*\*\*\*\* \n\n grep: WHERE-LD: Arquivo ou diretório inexistente make[4]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/mshmet’ grep ‘abs\_top\_builddir \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CC \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘LDFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘AR \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘ARFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘RANLIB \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘WGET \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘mshmet\_VERSION \*=’ ./Makefile \>\> ff-flags make[4]: Nothing to be done for ‘all-local’. make[4]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/mshmet’ make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ \n\n \*\*\*\*\*\* yams \*\*\*\*\*\* \n\n grep: WHERE-LD: Arquivo ou diretório inexistente make[4]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/yams’ grep ‘abs\_top\_builddir \*=’ …/Makefile \> ff-flags grep ‘CC \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘LDFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘AR \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘ARFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘RANLIB \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘yams\_VERSION \*=’ ./Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘WGET \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘LIBS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags make install WHERE make[5]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/yams’ sed s/defines.h/freeyams\_defines.h/ \…/include/freeyamslib.h cp /home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/yams/./freeyams.2012.02.05/sourceslib/defines.h …/include/freeyams\_defines.h mkdir …/lib mkdir: não foi possível criar o diretório “…/lib”: Arquivo existe Makefile:45: recipe for target ‘install’ failed make[5]: [install] Error 1 (ignored) cp /home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/yams/./freeyams.2012.02.05/objects/libyams.a …/lib/libfreeyams.a echo freeyams LD -L@DIR@/lib -lfreeyams \>./freeyams.2012.02.05/…/…/lib/WHERE.freeyams ; echo freeyams INCLUDE -I@DIR@/include\>\> ./freeyams.2012.02.05/…/…/lib/WHERE.freeyams ; make[5]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/yams’ touch FAIRE make[4]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/yams’ make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ \n\n \*\*\*\*\*\* mmg3d \*\*\*\*\*\* \n\n grep: WHERE-LD: Arquivo ou diretório inexistente make[4]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/mmg3d’ grep ‘abs\_top\_builddir \*=’ …/Makefile \> ff-flags grep ‘CC \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘LDFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘AR \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘ARFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘RANLIB \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘WGET \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘STD\_LIBS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CNOFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags make[4]: Nothing to be done for ‘all-local’. make[4]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/mmg3d’ make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ \n\n \*\*\*\*\*\* mmg \*\*\*\*\*\* \n\n grep: WHERE-LD: Arquivo ou diretório inexistente make[4]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/mmg’ grep ‘abs\_top\_builddir \*=’ …/Makefile \> ff-flags grep ‘CC \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CXX \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CXXFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CXX11FLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘LDFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘AR \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘ARFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘RANLIB \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘WGET \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘STD\_LIBS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘CNOFLAGS \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep ‘FF\_prefix\_petsc\_real \*=’ …/Makefile \>\> ff-flags awk ‘/^scotch LD /&&/petsc/ {print “scotch\_dir=(FF\_prefix\_petsc\_real)" }' ../../plugin/seq/WHERE\_LIBRARY-config \>\> ff-flags awk '/^scotch LD /{print "scotch\_dir=../../../3rdparty/" }' ../lib/WHERE.scotch \>\> ff-flags awk: fatal: impossível abrir arquivo `../lib/WHERE.scotch' para leitura (Arquivo ou diretório inexistente) Makefile:72: recipe for target 'ff-flags' failed make[4]: [ff-flags] Error 2 (ignored) ../getall -o mmg -a mmg mmg.zip done make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/mmg' make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty' make[3]: Entering directory '/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty' \n\n \*\*\*\*\*\* gmm \*\*\*\*\*\* \n\n grep: WHERE-LD: Arquivo ou diretório inexistente make[4]: Entering directory '/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/gmm' grep 'CXX \*=' ../Makefile \>cxxflags grep 'CC \*=' ../Makefile \>\>cxxflags grep 'CXXFLAGS \*=' ../Makefile \>\>cxxflags grep 'CFLAGS \*=' ../Makefile \>\>cxxflags grep 'WGET \*=' ../Makefile \>\>cxxflags grep 'WIN32DLLTARGET \*=' ../Makefile \>\>cxxflags make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'gmm'. make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/gmm' make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty' make[3]: Entering directory '/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty' \n\n \*\*\*\*\*\* parmmg \*\*\*\*\*\* \n\n grep: WHERE-LD: Arquivo ou diretório inexistente make[4]: Entering directory '/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/parmmg' grep 'abs\_top\_builddir \*=' ../Makefile \> ff-flags grep 'CC \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'FC \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'CFLAGS \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'CXX \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'CXXFLAGS \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'CXX11FLAGS \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'LDFLAGS \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'AR \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'ARFLAGS \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'RANLIB \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'WGET \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'STD\_LIBS \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'CNOFLAGS \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'FF\_prefix\_petsc\_real \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'MPICC \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'MPICXX \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'MPIFC \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags grep 'MPIRUN \*=' ../Makefile \>\> ff-flags awk '/^scotch LD /&&/petsc/ {print "scotch\_dir=(FF\_prefix\_petsc\_real)” }’ …/…/plugin/seq/WHERE\_LIBRARY-config \>\> ff-flags awk ‘/^scotch LD /{print “scotch\_dir=…/…/…/3rdparty/” }’ …/lib/WHERE.scotch \>\> ff-flags awk: fatal: impossível abrir arquivo `../lib/WHERE.scotch' para leitura (Arquivo ou diretório inexistente) Makefile:80: recipe for target 'ff-flags' failed make[4]: [ff-flags] Error 2 (ignored) awk '/^metis LD /&&/petsc/ {print "metis_dir=$(FF_prefix_petsc_real)" }' ../../plugin/seq/WHERE_LIBRARY-config >> ff-flags awk '/^metis LD /{print "metis_dir=../../../3rdparty/" }' ../lib/WHERE.metis >> ff-flags awk: fatal: impossível abrir arquivo `…/lib/WHERE.metis’ para leitura (Arquivo ou diretório inexistente) Makefile:80: recipe for target ‘ff-flags’ failed make[4]: [ff-flags] Error 2 (ignored) …/getall -o parmmg -a parmmg parmmg.zip done mkdir build mkdir: não foi possível criar o diretório “build”: Arquivo existe Makefile:20: recipe for target ‘FAIT.done’ failed make[4]: [FAIT.done] Error 1 (ignored) cd build && cmake …/parmmg-sources -DCMAKE\_C\_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE\_C\_FLAGS="-g -DNDEBUG -O3 -mmmx -mavx -fPIC -fPIC" -DCMAKE\_CXX\_COMPILER=“g++” -DCMAKE\_CXX\_FLAGS="-g -DNDEBUG -O3 -mmmx -mavx -std=c++11 -DBAMG\_LONG\_LONG -DNCHECKPTR -fPIC -std=c++11 -fPIC" -DMPI\_C\_COMPILER="/usr/bin/mpicc" -DMPI\_CXX\_COMPILER="/usr/bin/mpic++" -DMPI\_Fortran\_COMPILER="/usr/bin/mpif90" -DMPIEXEC\_EXECUTABLE="/usr/bin/mpirun" -DDOWNLOAD\_MMG=OFF -DDOWNLOAD\_METIS=OFF -DMMG\_DIR=…/…/mmg/mmg-sources -DMMG\_BUILDDIR=…/…/mmg/build -DSCOTCH\_DIR=/usr/local/ff-petsc/r -DMETIS\_DIR=/usr/local/ff-petsc/r -DCMAKE\_BUILD\_TYPE=Release && make grep: /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/openmpi/include/openmpi;/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/openmpi/include/openmpi/opal/mca/event/libevent2022/libevent;/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/openmpi/include/openmpi/opal/mca/event/libevent2022/libevent/include;/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/openmpi/include/mpi.h: Arquivo ou diretório inexistente – Compilation with mpi mpirun cannot provide the help message when run as root. Running at root is _strongly_ discouraged as any mistake (e.g., in defining TMPDIR) or bug can result in catastrophic damage to the OS file system, leaving your system in an unusable state. ## You can override this protection by adding the --allow-run-as-root option to your cmd line. However, we reiterate our strong advice against doing so - please do so at your own risk. CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:150 (STRING): STRING sub-command REGEX, mode REPLACE needs at least 6 arguments total to command. – A cache variable, namely SCOTCH\_DIR, has been set to specify the install directory of SCOTCH – Looking for SCOTCH\_graphInit – Looking for SCOTCH\_graphInit - found – Compilation with scotch: /usr/local/ff-petsc/r/lib/libscotch.a;/usr/local/ff-petsc/r/lib/libscotcherrexit.a;-lpthread;-lz;-lm;-lrt – Manual installation of Mmg: please, specify the MMG\_DIR and MMG\_BUILDDIR CMake variables – A cache variable, namely MMG\_DIR, has been set to specify the install directory of MMG – Looking for MMG5\_loadMshMesh\_part1 – Looking for MMG5\_loadMshMesh\_part1 - found – Compilation with Mmg: /home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/mmg/build/lib/libmmg.a – A cache variable, namely METIS\_DIR, has been set to specify the install directory of METIS – Looking for METIS\_NodeND – Looking for METIS\_NodeND - found – Compilation with metis: /usr/local/ff-petsc/r/lib/libmetis.so – Up-to-date: /home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/parmmg/build/include/parmmg/libparmmg.h – Up-to-date: /home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/parmmg/build/include/parmmg/libparmmgtypes.h – Could NOT find Doxygen (missing: DOXYGEN\_EXECUTABLE) – Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also “/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/parmmg/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log”. See also “/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/parmmg/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log”. Makefile:20: recipe for target ‘FAIT.done’ failed make[4]: \*\*\* [FAIT.done] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/parmmg’ Makefile:981: recipe for target ‘compile-dir’ failed make[3]: \*\*\* [compile-dir] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ Makefile:991: recipe for target ‘tag-compile-pkg’ failed make[2]: \*\*\* [tag-compile-pkg] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ Makefile:587: recipe for target ‘install-recursive’ failed make[1]: \*\*\* [install-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ Makefile:791: recipe for target ‘install-recursive’ failed make: \*\*\* [install-recursive] Error 1 hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ ---
**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-installation-error-on-ubuntu-18-04/260/2 "2020-02-19T21:39:46Z")
Do not use `sudo`, use the `--prefix` option so that you won’t have to do `sudo make install`, simply `make install`. ---
**Author:** ![Emma87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Emma87](https://community.freefem.org/u/Emma87)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-installation-error-on-ubuntu-18-04/260/3 "2020-02-19T22:00:30Z")
hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ make install --prefix make: opção não reconhecida “–prefix” Uso: make [opções] [alvo] … Opções: -b, -m Ignorado para compatibilidade. -B, --always-make Processa todos os alvos incondicionalmente. -C DIRETÓRIO, --directory=DIRETÓRIO Muda para o DIRETÓRIO antes de fazer algo. -d Imprime muita informação de depuração. –debug[=OPÇÕES] Imprime vários tipos de informações de depuração. -e, --environment-overrides Assume os valores das variáveis de ambiente. –eval=STRING Avalia a STRING como uma declaração para um makefile. -f ARQUIVO, --file=ARQUIVO, --makefile=ARQUIVO Lê o ARQUIVO como se fosse um arquivo make. -h, --help Imprime esta mensagem e sai. -i, --ignore-errors Ignora os erros dos comandos. -I DIRETÓRIO, --include-dir=DIRETÓRIO Pesquisa o DIRETÒRIO por arquivos make a incluir. -j [N], --jobs[=N] Permite N tarefas de uma vez; tarefas infinitas sem argumentos. -k, --keep-going Continua mesmo que alguns alvos não possam ser processados. -l [N], --load-average[=N], --max-load[=N] Não inicia múltiplas tarefas a menos que a carga seja menor que N. -L, --check-symlink-times Usa o tempo mais antigo entre o vínculo simbólico e o alvo. -n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon Não executa quaisquer comandos; apenas imprime-os. -o ARQUIVO, --old-file=ARQUIVO, --assume-old=ARQUIVO Considera o ARQUIVO como muito antigo e não reprocessá-o. -O[TYPE], --output-sync[=TYPE] Synchronize output of parallel jobs by TYPE. -p, --print-data-base Imprime o banco de dados interno do make. -q, --question Não executa os comandos; O código de saida indica se está atualizado. -r, --no-builtin-rules Desabilita as regras implícitas. -R, --no-builtin-variables Desabilita a configuração das variáveis embutidas. -s, --silent, --quiet Não ecoa os comandos. -S, --no-keep-going, --stop Desativa a opção -k. -t, --touch Executa um `touch’ nos alvos ao invés de reprocessá-los. –trace Print tracing information. -v, --version Imprime o número de versão do make e sai. -w, --print-directory Imprime o diretório atual. –no-print-directory Desativa a opção -w, mesmo que ela esteja implicitamente ativada. -W ARQUIVO, --what-if=ARQUIVO, --new-file=ARQUIVO, --assume-new=ARQUIVO Considera o ARQUIVO infinitamente novo. –warn-undefined-variables Avisa quando um variável não definida for referenciada. Este programa foi compilado para x86\_64-pc-linux-gnu Informe os problemas para [bug-make@gnu.org](mailto:bug-make@gnu.org). hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ make install Making install in 3rdparty make[1]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ Making install in blas make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/blas’ make[2]: Nothing to be done for ‘install’. make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/blas’ Making install in arpack make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/arpack’ make[2]: Nothing to be done for ‘install’. make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/arpack’ Making install in umfpack make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/umfpack’ make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/umfpack’ make[3]: Nothing to be done for ‘install-exec-am’. make[3]: Nothing to be done for ‘install-data-am’. make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/umfpack’ make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty/umfpack’ make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ cd …/src/libMesh && make make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/src/libMesh’ make[3]: Nothing to be done for ‘all’. make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/src/libMesh’ test -f …/src/libMesh/libMesh.a mkdir -p include/libMesh cp …/src/libMesh/\*h include/libMesh cp: não foi possível criar arquivo comum ‘include/libMesh/chrono.h’: Permissão negada cp: não foi possível criar arquivo comum ‘include/libMesh/eigenv.h’: Permissão negada cp: não foi possível criar arquivo comum ‘include/libMesh/libmeshb7.h’: Permissão negada cp: não foi possível criar arquivo comum ‘include/libMesh/memory.h’: Permissão negada Makefile:867: recipe for target ‘lib/libMesh.a’ failed make[2]: \*\*\* [lib/libMesh.a] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ Makefile:587: recipe for target ‘install-recursive’ failed make[1]: \*\*\* [install-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/hpc/FreeFem-sources/3rdparty’ Makefile:791: recipe for target ‘install-recursive’ failed make: \*\*\* [install-recursive] Error 1 hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ hpc@hpc:~/FreeFem-sources$ ---
**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-installation-error-on-ubuntu-18-04/260/4 "2020-02-19T22:03:23Z")
Please look at the [README.md](https://github.com/FreeFem/FreeFem-sources/blob/develop/README.md#FreeFEM). Alternatively, you can add the flag `--disable-parmmg`. ---
**Author:** ![Emma87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Emma87](https://community.freefem.org/u/Emma87)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-installation-error-on-ubuntu-18-04/260/5 "2020-02-19T23:15:42Z")
Now working properly, thank you very much