Comment 2 for bug 877466

Thanks, I have read all that but it is no help.
I do not decide where to install geneweb so I do not control access to the files.
Packet manager has loaded 5 geneweb folders in a variety of locations but I guess the particular location referred to would be /usr/share/geneweb/ which contains fodlers for doc etc images land setup
I have tried to add a gw folder to contain my bases but access to this area is defied.

Even when I run gwsetup in a term (cd /usr/shar/geneweb then $ gwsetup) and go to http://121.0.0.1.2316 making a new database
 For information, this operation corresponds to the following commands:

     $ cd "/usr/share/geneweb"
     $ ./gwc -f -o findme > comm.log

This builds a directory named "findme.gwb".
 fails with
Here is the contents of the file "comm.log":

    - empty file -

I need to set the gwd -bd variable to point to the gw folder in my accessible home folder.
Any help how?