SSM install and "ssm.8: doesn't exist or not a regular file"

[noloader]

Hi Everyone,

I'm installing SSM v1.4 on Fedora 32 x86_64 fully patched. I'm using this command for testing before an actual install:

python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME/tmp/ok2delete

Install dies at the end with the error message:

running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
creating build/lib/ssmlib
...
running install_scripts
copying build/scripts-3.8/ssm -> /home/jwalton/tmp/ok2delete/bin
changing mode of /home/jwalton/tmp/ok2delete/bin/ssm to 775
running install_data
error: can't copy 'doc/_build/man/ssm.8': doesn't exist or not a regular file

[mikeperalta1]

+1, but I was able to get it working on Debian Buster with the following:

sudo apt install sphinx-doc
sudo apt install python3-sphinx
cd /path/to/ssm/doc
make man

After that, the usual "make install" in repo's root worked work me.