civix permission denied errors in /usr/local/bin when generating a skeltal extension

Question

I've been following the instructions to create a new extension and get the following errors when I run the civix generate:module command:

civix generate:module org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation

License set to AGPL-3.0 (authored by Adam Zilkie ) If this is in error, please correct info.xml and LICENSE.txt Initalize module org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation PHP Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Dirs.php on line 34

Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Dirs.php on line 34 PHP Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Dirs.php on line 34

Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Dirs.php on line 34 PHP Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Dirs.php on line 34

Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Dirs.php on line 34 PHP Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Dirs.php on line 34

Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Dirs.php on line 34 Write org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/info.xml PHP Warning: file_put_contents(org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/info.xml): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/XML.php on line 71

Warning: file_put_contents(org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/info.xml): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/XML.php on line 71 Write org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/searchbuilderlocation.php PHP Warning: file_put_contents(org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/searchbuilderlocation.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Template.php on line 48

Warning: file_put_contents(org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/searchbuilderlocation.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Template.php on line 48 Write org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/searchbuilderlocation.civix.php PHP Warning: file_put_contents(org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/searchbuilderlocation.civix.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Template.php on line 48

Warning: file_put_contents(org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/searchbuilderlocation.civix.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Template.php on line 48 Write org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/LICENSE.txt PHP Warning: file_put_contents(org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/LICENSE.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/License.php on line 51

Warning: file_put_contents(org.civicrm.searchbuilderlocation/LICENSE.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/License.php on line 51

mkdir(): Permission denied in phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Builder/Dirs.php on line 34

It looks like it is trying to install files in /usr/local/bin/civix which is the binary location. Do I need to set a PATH variable to tell where to install files?

Thanks

Answer 1

My read on this error doesn't suggest it's trying to write to /usr/local/bin/civix - just that the files that are calling mkdir() and file_put_contents() are located there.

If you call civix to generate a module, it will create it in the current working directory. Check the permissions of the current directory. If that's not conclusive, you can update the question.