Pidgin building from source ./configure error

Question

I am trying to build Pidgin from the source code, and have been following the directions here. When trying to run ./configure, I get these errors:

./configure: line 2672: config.log: Permission denied
./configure: line 2682: config.log: Permission denied

I'm not sure what to do from here in order to fix the error. I don't seem to have a config.log in the directory and Google searches and pidgin irc has been less than fruitful.

Answer 1

First thing to check is your permissions. Do you own the directory you are working in? (you didn't sudo the tar command did you?)