diff -durr GBrowse-2.39-orig/install_util/GBrowseInstall.pm GBrowse-2.39/install_util/GBrowseInstall.pm
--- GBrowse-2.39-orig/install_util/GBrowseInstall.pm	2011-07-19 20:14:52.434608020 +0000
+++ GBrowse-2.39/install_util/GBrowseInstall.pm	2011-07-19 21:02:13.685107753 +0000
@@ -454,33 +454,33 @@
     $gid =~ /^(\d+)$/;
     $gid = $1;
     
-    unless (chown $uid,$gid,$tmp) {
-	$self->ownership_warning($tmp,$user);
-    }
+#    unless (chown $uid,$gid,$tmp) {
+#	$self->ownership_warning($tmp,$user);
+#    }
 
     my $htdocs_i = File::Spec->catfile($self->install_path->{htdocs},'i');
     my $images   = File::Spec->catfile($tmp,'images');
     my $htdocs = $self->install_path->{htdocs};
-    chown $uid,-1,$htdocs;
+#    chown $uid,-1,$htdocs;
     {
 	local $> = $uid;
-	symlink($images,$htdocs_i);  # so symlinkifowner match works!
+#	symlink($images,$htdocs_i);  # so symlinkifowner match works!
     }
-    chown $>,-1,$self->install_path->{htdocs};
+#    chown $>,-1,$self->install_path->{htdocs};
 
     my $persistent = $self->install_path->{'persistent'};
     my $sessions   = File::Spec->catfile($persistent,'sessions');
     my $userdata   = File::Spec->catfile($persistent,'userdata');
-    mkpath([$sessions,$userdata],0711);
+#    mkpath([$sessions,$userdata],0711);
 
     my $databases = $self->install_path->{'databases'};
     
-    unless (chown $uid,$gid,glob(File::Spec->catfile($databases,'').'*')) {
-	$self->ownership_warning($databases,$user);
-    }
+#    unless (chown $uid,$gid,glob(File::Spec->catfile($databases,'').'*')) {
+#	$self->ownership_warning($databases,$user);
+#    }
 
-    chmod 0755,File::Spec->catfile($self->install_path->{'etc'},'init.d','gbrowse-slave');
-    $self->fix_selinux;
+    # chmod 0755,File::Spec->catfile($self->install_path->{'etc'},'init.d','gbrowse-slave');
+    # $self->fix_selinux;
 
     my $base = basename($self->install_path->{htdocs});
 
@@ -489,14 +489,14 @@
     my $metadb_script = File::Spec->catfile("bin", "gbrowse_metadb_config.pl");
     my $perl          = $self->perl;
     my @inc           = map{"-I$_"} split ':',$self->added_to_INC;
-    system $perl,@inc,$metadb_script;
-    system 'sudo','chown','-R',"$uid.$gid",$sessions,$userdata;
+#    system $perl,@inc,$metadb_script;
+#    system 'sudo','chown','-R',"$uid.$gid",$sessions,$userdata;
 
-    if (Module::Build->y_n(
-	    "It is recommended that you restart Apache. Shall I try this for you?",'y'
-	)) {
-	system "sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart";
-    }
+#    if (Module::Build->y_n(
+#	    "It is recommended that you restart Apache. Shall I try this for you?",'y'
+#	)) {
+#	system "sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart";
+#    }
     
     print STDERR "\n***INSTALLATION COMPLETE***\n";
     print STDERR "Load http://localhost/$base for demo and documentation.\n";
Only in GBrowse-2.39/install_util: GBrowseInstall.pm~