[postgis-users] error installing postgis on linux

[Maria L. Wilson]

I am installing postgis on a linux box and am getting the following 
error on the make install part - any help would be appreciated!

make[1]: Entering directory 
`/data_loc/SOURCES/Post.9.2.4/postgresql-9.2.4/contrib/postgis-2.1.5/liblwgeom'
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /bin/sh ../install-sh liblwgeom.la 
"/usr/local/lib/liblwgeom.la"
libtool: install: /bin/sh ../install-sh .libs/liblwgeom-2.1.5.so 
/usr/local/lib/liblwgeom-2.1.5.so
cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/lib/_inst.11278_': Permission 
denied
make[1]: *** [install-liblwgeom] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/data_loc/SOURCES/Post.9.2.4/postgresql-9.2.4/contrib/postgis-2.1.5/liblwgeom'
make: *** [install] Error 1


thanks in advance - Maria

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Maria L. Wilson, SSAI
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