Thanks. Can you find what is $HOME when running as root? Пн, 20 янв 2014, Ian Clark писал(а): > @Bill, > > It's not me having the problems, it's Rudi. I was guessing at possible > answers. > > Everything I've tried so far with Mavericks on MBA works fine for me. > > But do you want me to run some pre-emptive tests? > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 2:50 AM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > @Ian > > /Applications should be owned by root so as /Applications/j64-801 > > it may need first su then run j as root in order to run pacman. > > > > Did you succeed in running pacman as a regular user? What does > > it report when running a command "ls -l" on that folder? > > > > Did you suggest that it is no longer possible to run unsigned > > apps under user folder? > > > > Пт, 17 янв 2014, Ian Clark писал(а): > > > @Rudi -- I'll have to bow out at this point. I'm not an expert on the > > > things that can go wrong with a J installation -- there's other people on > > > this list who are. But they'll want to know the following... > > > > > > After you've got (i.6) to work, enter: > > > JVERSION > > > and post the result. > > > > > > I suppose you've done the obvious thing like checking you really do have > > > write access to the installation folder? Cos jconsole.app thinks you > > > haven't. You'll see its path at the bottom of the result of JVERSION. On > > my > > > machine it's > > > > > > /Applications/j64-801 > > > > > > What I'd do then is look verrrrry carefully at the "Get Info" window of > > > both /Applications/j64-801 and its parent, /Applications -- and of sample > > > files in those folders. > > > > > > Then cast a beady eye at System Preferences > Security & Privacy (also > > > Parental Controls, Network, Sharing...). Try using TextEdit to save a > > test > > > file into /Applications . I can do it -- can you? Once having saved it, > > try > > > editing it. Try it again, using "cat" and "nano" under Unix in the > > Terminal > > > app. Look at its "Get Info" --especially Sharing & Permissions. Is the > > > "Locked" checkbox checked? Use Terminal to look at the Unix permissions > > of > > > sample files in /Applications and /Applications/j64-801. > > > > > > Have you got a virus checker or other gatekeeper which might be guarding > > > write access to /Applications ? There's just so many things on the Mac > > > nowadays that can stop J's Package Manager from updating files in a > > > sensitive folder like /Applications. Mavericks is a new o/s, and in my > > long > > > experience one of the last things o/s developers seem to get right is the > > > Permissions structure and its inheritances. > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Rudi Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Ian, > > > > > > > > thanks for the answer. I tried to do the same, but got different > > results: > > > > > > > > > 1. I downloaded and unzipped: j801a_mac64.zip > > > > > This gave me a folder: j64-801 in my Downloads folder -which I > > moved to > > > > > Applications. > > > > > Opened jcon801.app --after getting past the "unregistered developer" > > > > > gatekeeper :-\ > > > > > Entered: i.6 > > > > > --it worked ok. > > > > > > > > Here too. > > > > > > > > > Before trying *anything* else, entered: install'all' > > > > > --that worked too. > > > > > > > > Not here; this is what I got: > > > > > > > > Last login: Fri Jan 17 08:46:22 on console > > > > admins-MacBook-Pro:~ admin$ /Applications/j64-801/bin/jconsole ; exit; > > > > i.6 > > > > 0 1 2 3 4 5 > > > > install 'all' > > > > Unable to run Package Manager, as you do not have access to the > > > > installation folder. > > > > > > > > What now? > > > > > > > > Rudi > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > -- > > regards, > > ==================================================== > > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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