I'm doing the ./configure, make, make install routine to build the dovecot IMAP server. I get an error
*** [install-recursive] Error 1
This isn't much help to me. configure and make ran fine - what happens at make install that throws an error such as the one above and how can I go about troubleshooting and resolving what the problem is. I will spelunk through the make file to see what the install target does but I don't know what to look for with such a vague message.

Any help most appreciated.

Doug

Did you get other messages like, say:


If you weren't root, maybe you can't write to /usr/local/libexec (or whatever your install path was).

If you have set up a sudodoers file (see: man sudo), you can try something like this (from the dovecot README):

Or, you can su to root to try to perform the make install.

Regards,

Dave