+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #174806 +++ because of: CMake Error at workspace/plasma/scriptengines/python/cmake_install.cmake:68 (FILE): file INSTALL cannot copy file "/mnt/data/kde/source/kdebase/workspace/plasma/scriptengines/python/plasmascript.py" to "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/PyKDE4/plasmascript.py". Call Stack (most recent call first): workspace/plasma/scriptengines/cmake_install.cmake:40 (INCLUDE) workspace/plasma/cmake_install.cmake:43 (INCLUDE) workspace/cmake_install.cmake:62 (INCLUDE) cmake_install.cmake:39 (INCLUDE) it is not possible to install kdebase, a similar error appears in kdeedu. Would it be possible to detect that and ask for the sudo password in these cases? It seems to be a limitation in Python < 2.6. +++ Reopening (well, cloning) this bug (wish) for kdesvn-build, asking for kdesu prompt for such cases.
The current mechanism for handling this is make-install-prefix. If merely prepending the make install command with "kdesu" will do the right thing then it shouldn't be too hard, and I wouldn't be opposed in theory. But it's not very high on my priority list either.
Yes, there is make-install-prefix, which can be set.