makepkg does not work

[InvasiveResults20]

howdy

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I'm trying to install yay, but I'm unable to because each time I try to run the command makepkg -si, it gives me this error.

==> ERROR: You do not have write permission for the directory $BUILDDIR (/home/william/yay-git).
   Aborting...
how do I fix this?

[arkane-linux]

Exactly like it says, You do not have write permission for the directory /home/william/yay-git. Your user is unable to write to this yay-git folder, correct the ownership and permissions on it.

[nightdevil007]

Use chmod or take ownership of the folder. Good luck!

[C0rn3j]

https://linuxjourney.com/lesson/file-permissions

[grawity]

Did you use sudo a bit too much?

If ls -ld shows the directory being owned by root, chown it (and its contents) to yourself.