configure-make-make install

One of the things that I like about my job is that I usually don't need to waste time fiddling with system administration.

Usually.

Except for now.

I have a bitchin' piece of code that works perfectly on my laptop setup, where I am the master of my domain. I can install dependencies on the fly and make sure that the latest libraries are there.

Of course, this is not so on our production machines where I am a lowly user and at the whims of the BOFHs.

For the past 2 days, I have been trying to compile and install a piece of software. For the past 2 days, I have been trying to compile and install the libraries that I need to compile and install the first piece of software. This would be so much easier if I had root access and didn't have to install to non-standard paths and having to ensure that the friggin compiler uses the latest versions of the libraries, not the obsolete ones.

I need a hug.