# Problem installing **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Tags:** development\ **Created:** [December 14, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing/1767 "2010-12-14T21:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Seth\_Hall3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Seth\_Hall3](https://community.zeek.org/u/Seth_Hall3)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing/1767/1 "2010-12-14T21:42:14Z")
When I do "sudo make install" I'm getting these errors (from the master branch in git with --enable-cluster)... CMake Warning at aux/broccoli/cmake\_install.cmake:33 (message):   Skipping install of /bro/etc/broccoli.conf to avoid overwrite of existing   config file Call Stack (most recent call first):   cmake\_install.cmake:35 (INCLUDE) -- Up-to-date: /bro/bin/broccoli-config -- Installing: /bro/lib/libbroccoli.3.0.0.dylib -- Up-to-date: /bro/lib/libbroccoli.3.dylib -- Up-to-date: /bro/lib/libbroccoli.dylib -- Up-to-date: /bro/include/broccoli.h -- Up-to-date: /bro/lib/broctl/broccoli.py -- Installing: /bro/lib/broctl/broccoli.pyc -- Installing: /bro/lib/broctl/\_broccoli\_intern.so Listing BroControl ... Can't list BroControl -- Up-to-date: /bro/bin/broctl CMake Error at aux/broctl/cmake\_install.cmake:47 (FILE):   file INSTALL cannot find   "/Users/seth/bro/bro.git/build/aux/broctl/BroControl". Call Stack (most recent call first):   cmake\_install.cmake:36 (INCLUDE) make: \*\*\* [install] Error 1 [seth@Blake build (master)]$   .Seth ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Siwek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e68b1a/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Siwek](https://community.zeek.org/u/Jonathan_Siwek)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing/1767/2 "2010-12-14T22:34:25Z")
> file INSTALL cannot find > "/Users/seth/bro/bro.git/build/aux/broctl/BroControl". At "make install" time, this is basically what should happen: 1) cp BroControl \{CURRENT\_BINARY\_DIR\}/BroControl 2\) compile Python sources in {CURRENT\_BINARY\_DIR}/BroControl 3) install ${CURRENT\_BINARY\_DIR}/BroControl But it looks like it skipped straight to #3 and I don't understand why. Does that directory really not exist? I wasn't able to reproduce this error; can you give explicit steps/commands w/ CMake version and operating system? - Jon ---
**Author:** ![Seth\_Hall3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Seth\_Hall3](https://community.zeek.org/u/Seth_Hall3)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing/1767/3 "2010-12-15T03:11:28Z")
As I was going through documenting everything you asked for, I found the problem. I installed the binary copy of cmake for MacOS X and it's installed in the Applications directory with a symlink to /usr/bin/. /Applications/CMake 2.8-2.app/Contents/bin/cmake The space in the path makes things not work so well. 🙂   .Seth ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Siwek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e68b1a/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Siwek](https://community.zeek.org/u/Jonathan_Siwek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing/1767/4 "2010-12-15T17:00:20Z")
> I found the problem. I installed the binary copy of cmake for MacOS X and it's > installed in the Applications directory with a symlink to /usr/bin/. > > /Applications/CMake 2.8-2.app/Contents/bin/cmake > > The space in the path makes things not work so well. 🙂 Ah ok, that makes sense to me now. At "make install" time I made the copy of the BroControl directory with `\{CMAKE\_COMMAND\} \-E copy\_directory\` instead of \`cp\` because I thought that would be the more 'portable' way to do things, but it seems I need to add some quotes around {CMAKE\_COMMAND} so that spaces in the path get escaped. I'll fix it on fastpath. - Jon ---
**Author:** ![Seth\_Hall3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Seth\_Hall3](https://community.zeek.org/u/Seth_Hall3)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing/1767/5 "2010-12-15T21:12:21Z")
> add some quotes around ${CMAKE\_COMMAND} so that spaces in the path get escaped. I never would have expected to encounter spaces there either. 😛 > I'll fix it on fastpath. Thanks!   .Seth ---
**Author:** ![robin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/robin/32/599_2.png) [@robin](https://community.zeek.org/u/robin)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing/1767/6 "2010-12-17T07:20:08Z")
I'll merge in it, but for the future, please create new branches when doing such changes across all (or many) of the repositories. That makes merging easier as then I don't need to pay attention what else is already in fastpath but not yet merged. Robin ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing/1767/7 "2022-05-06T15:39:22Z")
Closed on May 6, 2022, 3:39pm UTC