@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
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