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Ludwig Magnusson
Ludwig Magnusson

Reputation: 14379

Spring roo only works if run by root

I have installed spring roo version 1.2.3.RELEASE on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 using these instructions: http://static.springsource.org/spring-roo/reference/html/intro.html#intro-installation

I then create an empry directory and try to start roo as instructed in the tutorial: http://static.springsource.org/spring-roo/reference/html/beginning.html#beginning-step-1

But I get this error:

java.lang.Exception: Unable to create bundle cache lock file: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/share/roo/cache/cache.lock (Permission denied)

And indeed my user does not have permission to write to this file, it is owned by root as expected and if I run sudo roo everything seems to work. Does the installation instructions miss some vital part about permissions? Not knowing that much about roo yet, I would prefer not running it as root.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 728

Answers (2)

Solubris
Solubris

Reputation: 3753

Can you not just give your user (or group) write access to the roo dir (and sub dirs)?

Upvotes: 2

jbbarquero
jbbarquero

Reputation: 2842

Why don't you install Roo in a path that you're allowed to use? For instance, in your home: ~/Applications/spring-roo-1.2.3.RELEASE

Upvotes: 1

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