libtool: error: Failed to create '.libs'

Question

I got this error while installing mpc-1.0.2 under ubuntu 16.04

First, I ran the following command():

sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/mpc-1.0.2

It didn't give any error.

Then, I ran the make command, which gave the following error:

make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/mpc-1.0.2'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/mpc-1.0.2/src'
/bin/bash ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. > -g -O2 -MT abs.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/abs.Tpo -c -o abs.lo abs.c
libtool: compile: Failed to create `.libs'
Makefile:448: recipe for target 'abs.lo' failed
make[2]: * [abs.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/mpc-1.0.2/src'
Makefile:388: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: * [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/mpc-1.0.2'
Makefile:298: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

Answer 1

If your are installing it in a folder with root access then you need to use sudo with it

Answer 2

I had the same, then I tried sudo make and it works.I also ran the ./configure with sudo ./configure

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