[Sheflug] user rights and directories

[James Bruce <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

okay this may seem like  a stupid question but ive been trying to install 
something written python lately.. 

im in my 'wolf' user account, as this is who id like to access the program, 
and i run install.py - it tries to install programs to /usr/local or whever, 
and then says it doesnt have access rights... fair enough... so i switch to 
root with 'su' command... 

then i type in the same command... install.py, whilst in the same 
directory... and it gives me an error like cant be found or somehting.... 
then i try "sh install.py" and gives a load more errors.

ive had the same problem generally with things like loki game demos refusing 
to install to usr local.... 

so can someone *please* help? surely as a user i want to be able to install 
things, and usr/local/ cant be sensitive stuff or anything... how can i 
install things from my user account?! without using 'su' as it seems to never 
find the program i want to install after ive switched,,,

this is really annoying me, but its probabaly something really obvious isn't 
it? dammit...

thanks
james
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