I recently installed LAME encoder on my server to convert wav to mp3 and that worked with `./configure; make; make install`.

I then tried to install OGG encoder and that requires './configure, make, **sudo** make install' - which I cannot do, since I don't have a VPS (and I'd rather not pay $15 a month for a VPN just to install a codec).

I'm new to all this, and I understand sudo gives you permissions - but I have been trying to find out *why* exactly some `make install`s require sudo access and others don't. I haven't yet found the answer.