Symfony Installation
I'm trying to use my terminal to set up a file as per the Symfony website suggests and every time I do this
bruce$ mkdir - p lib/vendor
mkdir: lib/vendor: Permission denied
How do I fix this?
bruce$ mkdir - p lib/vendor
mkdir: lib/vendor: Permission denied
How do I fix this?
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I don't know what my current directory is and I apologize for sounding so ignorant, but I really want to understand this so I can get up and running.
If you would be willing...
The Symfony tutorial has me attempting to create a directory using the following: -p /home/sfprojects/jobeet
What is "p?" What does that stand for and where is it?
I'm assuming it's wise to try and stay consistent with the tutorial, so while I think I understand the "all access" dynamic of "sudo" (superuser do, correct?), should I need that if I'm doing it right?
in other words, if the tutorial is giving me instructions that result in an error on my machine, my first thought is I'm doing something wrong and I don't want to work around it as much as I want to solve it.
That said, here's what I'm working from: http://symfony.com/legacy/doc/jobeet/1_4/en/01?orm=Propel. If you were me, what should I do? There's no mention of "logging in" and I'm all for it, but I want to understand "why" I'm doing it and not just "that" I should do it.
Thanks in advance for your help. I've been googling like a madman and wasn't able to make a lot of progress.
If you would be willing...
The Symfony tutorial has me attempting to create a directory using the following: -p /home/sfprojects/jobeet
What is "p?" What does that stand for and where is it?
I'm assuming it's wise to try and stay consistent with the tutorial, so while I think I understand the "all access" dynamic of "sudo" (superuser do, correct?), should I need that if I'm doing it right?
in other words, if the tutorial is giving me instructions that result in an error on my machine, my first thought is I'm doing something wrong and I don't want to work around it as much as I want to solve it.
That said, here's what I'm working from: http://symfony.com/legacy/doc/jobeet/1_4/en/01?orm=Propel. If you were me, what should I do? There's no mention of "logging in" and I'm all for it, but I want to understand "why" I'm doing it and not just "that" I should do it.
Thanks in advance for your help. I've been googling like a madman and wasn't able to make a lot of progress.
Check your current directory by issuing "pwd"
-p means "parents" and instructs mkdir to create the whole path.
In your case with "lib/vendor" mkdir -p ... would create "lib" (if it doesn't exist yet) as well as "lib/vendor". Without -p mkdir would try to create "lib/vendor" and error out if "lib" doesn't yet exist.
As for "mkdir -p /home/sfprojects/jobeet" : You must have write access to "/home" to successfully run this command, If you ("bruce"?) do not have such access you must become "root" or prefix the mkdir command with "sudo" (if authorized).
Check permissions with "ls -l /home" - the first three triplets starting at position 2 indicate the permissions for owner, group and all others, where r=read, w=write and x=execute (or "scan" for directories).
Find owner and group in columns 3 and 4.
I'll have a look at your tutorial, but please give me some time!
-p means "parents" and instructs mkdir to create the whole path.
In your case with "lib/vendor" mkdir -p ... would create "lib" (if it doesn't exist yet) as well as "lib/vendor". Without -p mkdir would try to create "lib/vendor" and error out if "lib" doesn't yet exist.
As for "mkdir -p /home/sfprojects/jobeet" : You must have write access to "/home" to successfully run this command, If you ("bruce"?) do not have such access you must become "root" or prefix the mkdir command with "sudo" (if authorized).
Check permissions with "ls -l /home" - the first three triplets starting at position 2 indicate the permissions for owner, group and all others, where r=read, w=write and x=execute (or "scan" for directories).
Find owner and group in columns 3 and 4.
I'll have a look at your tutorial, but please give me some time!
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Here's what I get when I check my current directory using "pwd:"
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$ pwd
/
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$
Not sure what that means or how that translates into where I would actually go to see the physical files. For the last few days, I assumed that "p" meant "personal" and I was looking in "bruce," which I'm assuming is my home directory.
Please don't worry about the tutorial, unless you've got the bandwidth to go through it. Perhaps with your expertise it's no more than a 10 minute perusal, but my biggest challenge is just securing / defining the correct permissions so I can proceed.
Here's what I get when I attempt to look at my permissions:
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$ ls -l/home
ls: illegal option -- /
usage: ls [-ABCFGHLOPRSTUWabcdefghik
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$
Obviously doing something wrong...
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$ pwd
/
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$
Not sure what that means or how that translates into where I would actually go to see the physical files. For the last few days, I assumed that "p" meant "personal" and I was looking in "bruce," which I'm assuming is my home directory.
Please don't worry about the tutorial, unless you've got the bandwidth to go through it. Perhaps with your expertise it's no more than a 10 minute perusal, but my biggest challenge is just securing / defining the correct permissions so I can proceed.
Here's what I get when I attempt to look at my permissions:
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$ ls -l/home
ls: illegal option -- /
usage: ls [-ABCFGHLOPRSTUWabcdefghik
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$
Obviously doing something wrong...
There is a space between "-l" and "/home"
ASKER
Here's what I get when I do:
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$ ls -l /home
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$ ls -l /home
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$
So your /home directory is empty, that's why there's nothing to display.
Run "ls -ld /home" to find out the permissions, owner and group. Next, run "id" to find out who you are and which group you're in.
By the way, isn't your tutorial way too old? It's for version 1.x, and the current version is 2.5!
How about this one: http://symfony.com/doc/current/quick_tour/the_big_picture.html ?
Run "ls -ld /home" to find out the permissions, owner and group. Next, run "id" to find out who you are and which group you're in.
By the way, isn't your tutorial way too old? It's for version 1.x, and the current version is 2.5!
How about this one: http://symfony.com/doc/current/quick_tour/the_big_picture.html ?
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You're right, as far as the tutorial. But the project that I've been hired to work on is 1.4 and the guy I report to is hesitant to update right now so we're sticking with the tools they're using in their shop. But good catch!
As far as the next command your recommended, here's what happened:
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$ ls -ld/home
ls: illegal option -- /
usage: ls [-ABCFGHLOPRSTUWabcdefghik
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$
I tried some different spacing options, but I'm still blowing it somewhere.
As far as the next command your recommended, here's what happened:
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$ ls -ld/home
ls: illegal option -- /
usage: ls [-ABCFGHLOPRSTUWabcdefghik
Bruce-Gusts-iMac:/ bruce$
I tried some different spacing options, but I'm still blowing it somewhere.
There is still a space between "-ld" and "/home"
Alas my day is over now, let's continue tomorrow!
Alas my day is over now, let's continue tomorrow!
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Looking forward to it! Until then, I'm doing some research and here's what I'm learning:
Unix is an operating system that's been around since the 60's that consists of three main parts: kernel, shell and the programs. LINUX is an open source clone of UNIX that has just the kernel.
I'm going through a tutorial that's located at http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/unix1.html
The command "ls" lists all the files in my current working directory.
"cd" means to change the current directory
"ld" - went looking for this one and found some info at http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_ld.htm, but couldn't make any sense of it.
As far as "mkdir," I'm learning the "permission denied," or "operation not supported" is not necessarily indicative of a deficiency in permissions as much as it's a situation where you're trying to do something that's just not allowed.
I did some digging as far as "home" directory and learned that my "home" directory is my username with a "house" icon displayed to the left (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7056?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US). I also found this piece of info that suggests I shouldn't be attempting to use "home" at all since it's a place holder.
Glad that you're willing to help me make sense of this.
Unix is an operating system that's been around since the 60's that consists of three main parts: kernel, shell and the programs. LINUX is an open source clone of UNIX that has just the kernel.
I'm going through a tutorial that's located at http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/unix1.html
The command "ls" lists all the files in my current working directory.
"cd" means to change the current directory
"ld" - went looking for this one and found some info at http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_ld.htm, but couldn't make any sense of it.
As far as "mkdir," I'm learning the "permission denied," or "operation not supported" is not necessarily indicative of a deficiency in permissions as much as it's a situation where you're trying to do something that's just not allowed.
I did some digging as far as "home" directory and learned that my "home" directory is my username with a "house" icon displayed to the left (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7056?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US). I also found this piece of info that suggests I shouldn't be attempting to use "home" at all since it's a place holder.
Glad that you're willing to help me make sense of this.
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woolmilkporc!
Morning!
Since our last exchange, I was able to get my directory successfully set up. I understand the difference between the "home" directory and the "home" folder I was attempting to set up and in the end I simply removed the first "/" in my mkdir command and we were cooking with grease after that.
I want to respect your time, so I'm going to award you the points for this question and I've got a few more out at these URLs. Look forward to hearing back from you!
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28477883/Am-I-installing-things-in-the-correct-folder.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28477885/What-is-wrong-with-my-Symfony-Configuration.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28477889/Why-can't-I-see-my-images-on-this-Symfony-installation.html
Morning!
Since our last exchange, I was able to get my directory successfully set up. I understand the difference between the "home" directory and the "home" folder I was attempting to set up and in the end I simply removed the first "/" in my mkdir command and we were cooking with grease after that.
I want to respect your time, so I'm going to award you the points for this question and I've got a few more out at these URLs. Look forward to hearing back from you!
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28477883/Am-I-installing-things-in-the-correct-folder.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28477885/What-is-wrong-with-my-Symfony-Configuration.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28477889/Why-can't-I-see-my-images-on-this-Symfony-installation.html
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Excellent
If it's /usr or any other directory you don't have write access (and if it must be such a directory) then log in as root or use "sudo mkdir ..." If you're authorized.
Otherwise cd to a suitable directory where you have write access.