Mark, I did the same thing for Fedora 15 but doing that on my new Ubuntu installation made the .runrev folder be owned by root for some weird reason, I had to revert it back to my user and group. I did not launched the app after installation.
Now it works but it is the little things that the IDE should check, like: "can I write my preferences file?" Cheers andre On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net> wrote: > Andre- > > I've had that problem with Fedora Core all along. The installer is > supposed to elevate its privileges to give the right permissions, but > it doesn't. So I change the permission bit on the installer to allow > execution, install from a terminal prompt as root for all users > *without launching the IDE after installation*: > > su - > cd /home/<user>/Downloads > ./LiveCodeInstaller-4_6_4_gm_1-Linux.x86 > exit > > Now I'm back to my local account and I run the IDE which was installed > to /opt, it boots with my license info in hand, and I'm off and > running. > > -- > -Mark Wieder > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.andregarzia.com -- All We Do Is Code. http://fon.nu -- minimalist url shortening service. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode