turbografx emulator says i need to run as root (but i am root :S)

First off, if anyone knows of a good turbografx emulator, suggestions are welcome

what im trying to do is get a working turbografx emulator and i found xe, but im having problems installing it.

here is what happens...

Code:

cleippi@Christopher-PC:~/Desktop/xe-x64$ sudo ./install.sh
[: 37: ==: unexpected operator
Must be logged on as root.
cleippi@Christopher-PC:~/Desktop/xe-x64$ sudo sh install.sh
[: 37: ==: unexpected operator
Must be logged on as root.
cleippi@Christopher-PC:~/Desktop/xe-x64$ sudo make install
[: 37: ==: unexpected operator
Must be logged on as root.

and here is the important part of the README file

Code:

Install to system directory:

   1. login as root
   2. 'make' to link the software
   3. 'make install' will install it to the system directory 

running 'make' was successful, just i get that weird error when i run 'make install'

 

It looks like you are logged in as: cleippi
Type in the command: whoami

 

yeah i am but sudo allows you to run stuff as root user. Just to make sure i also logged in as root in recovery mode, but that gave the same errors.

 

i think you could go as
sudo -r ? or something like that
there is a command that makes you the totally a root user

 

nope, its not -r, then i typed in 'sudo --help' and i get this:

Code:

cleippi@Christopher-PC:~/Desktop/xe-x64$ sudo --help
sudo: please use single character options
usage: sudo -K | -L | -V | -h | -k | -l | -v
usage: sudo [-HPSb] [-p prompt] [-u username|#uid]
            { -e file [...] | -i | -s | <command> }

so i googled for those commands and none of them seem to do what you thought -r would do.

any other ideas?