Hello Geoff
OK, thanks. I’ a little puzzled actually because when I tried it via Terminal,
VoiceOver gave me feedback which sounded as though file were being moved into
place but I can find absolutely no indication that anything whatsoever was
installed.
I have tried contacting the developer
Root is not generally the way you want to run commands. It is
possible to remove the entire contents of your hd as root, and with no
prompting whatsoever. You really shouldn't do anything as root unless
it's absolutely necessary. Running the command rm -r * will remove
all files in the
This is why I implement the sudo command instead. this way I know I can't brake
things.
I was in a linux shell last weekend ad I was very careful as I had to install
things as root according to the directions. I have done an rm -r *.* when I
have to but only when I know I have to to.
One
Hello everybody
I have a problem to which I’m hoping somebody can give me a definitive
response. I have an application which I need to install on to a machine, but
the application in question was ported from LINUX and installs via a shell
script. When I open the script in the usual way, it
I'm not 100 percent f,oar witht he shell but have you tried to doa make install
or somethign on the app? if not can you type
./
then run the app that way as long as you CD to the dir in which the app resides?
Hth somewaht.
On Sep 7, 2014, at 8:57 PM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote:
Hello Gordon,
Shell scripts don't execute when invoked unless you have changed file
permissions on your system to allow them to execute. This is a security
precaution, because you don't, in general, want arbitrary scripts to run on
your system without your express permission, and by default
I’m guessing that you’re advocating using the Terminal to do this. Possibly
that might work but I’m shamefully and woefully unfamiliar with Terminal stuff
and it kind of makes me a bit nervous. Thing is I really don’t want to make a
mistake here. I need it to be right.
Gordon
On 7 Sep
Hi Esther
Excellently explained, as always. This is a cross-platform application which
I’m trying to install. I can’t share any specifics at this point owing to an
NDA. But the developers say you need to be logged in as “Root” in order to
install it. Presumably, this relates to the
Gordon -
Although these are fairly simple commands to be executed in the terminal, you
should also be able to make the same changes using the GUI.
Just use Command I to get info and possibly expand the disclosure triangle for
Sharing and Permissions if you feel more comfortable trying to do it
Can you do sudo champs instead?
On Sep 7, 2014, at 23:22, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote:
Hi Esther
Excellently explained, as always. This is a cross-platform application which
I’m trying to install. I can’t share any specifics at this point owing to an
NDA. But the
To add to my thing onthe terminal. YOU cannot brake anything.I wasin in a
linode shell for 3 straight days as root and I did not brake a thing.
Also the sudo command will let you be root for a short while for example
sudo shutdown -s now
or
sudo shutdown -h +240
Hope that helps.
On Sep 7,
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