@Ian — thanks for the hint, I think that is it. I will try fiddling with permissions when I find the time and post the results.
Rudi Am 17.01.2014 um 23:33 schrieb Ian Clark <[email protected]>: > @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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
