Client configuration not creating client.conf file

[mmedonis]

I am having trouble getting started with Plastic running under Ubuntu 14. When I try to create a repository:

 

cm makerepository myrepository

 

I get this error:

 

"Plastic SCM client is not correctly configured for current user: Client config file /home/mark/.plastic4/client.conf not found."

 

I wonder if something broke during installation. Here's my installation story: The first installation attempt was with the downloaded .run file. However after that install, trying to launch the client by clicking the icon in the UI threw a bunch of fatal errors in the terminal. A web search revealed these Plastic Ubuntu 14 install instructions:

 

https://www.plasticscm.com/plastic-for-linux/index.html

 

So I ran those commands in a terminal. The install seemed fine. Next, I launched the client configuration from terminal prompt:

 

sudo plastic --configure

 

The configure program seems to run fine. Click through screens, enter my info, program closes. But trying this command:

 

cm makerepository myrepository

 

That command then throws that error. Directory exists, but no client.conf file. What did I miss?

 

Thanks in advance!

- Mark M

[manu]

Hi Mark!

 

try running "plastic --configure" without "sudo" otherwise you will be configuring the Plastic SCM client for the root user.

 

Best regards,

Manuel.

[mmedonis]

OK, tried running "plastic --configure" without sudo, but get this error instead:

 

"Access to the path /opt/plasticscm5/client/client.conf is denied."

[manu]

Ok, in that case you can do any of this options:

 

1) Change the permissions of the /opt/plasticscm5/client/client.conf to 777

2) Move the /opt/plasticscm5/client/client.conf file into "/home/YourUser/.plastic4/".

[mmedonis]

OK, no client.conf file in that directory. So, created one, changed it's permissions, and now the configure wizard runs! Now we're cooking with gas.

 

But...

 

When I tried running the client GUI icon, it complains that it doesn't have access to ~/.plastic4/client.conf.

 

So, as you suggested, I copied the client.conf out of /opt/plasticscm5/client/ to ~/.plastic4/, and changed the permissions on that directory to read/write, and now the Client GUI runs fine.

Woot! Hopefully the new permissiveness of /.plastic4 isn't a problem.

 

Thanks very much for all your help!