On Oct 28, 2004, at 9:56 AM, Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:
When I try to install LyX 1.3.5 for OSX, the package does not let me install to my applications folder. Most packages, faced with permissions problems, give the user the opportunity to authenticate, but the LyX package does not. A fixed package would be most appreciated. Thanks!
If you don't have permission to put something in your Applications folder (probably because you are not using an administrative account), then you'll have to install it elsewhere. (If the problem isn't that you're not using an administrative account, I'd suggest also running Disk Utility to repair disk permissions to fix this problem.)
The installer does allow you to install in locations other than the Applications folder (though that is the default). In the 4th screen of the installer, titled "Select a Destination", you should hit the "Choose..." button near the bottom to select an alternative location. Note that in order for that button to become active, you must first select a hard drive. So if nothing else works, you can install LyX to your Desktop and then, if you want it in your Applications folder, use the Finder to move it.
(There are other reasons involving the changing of ownership and permissions, as well as general security concerns, to not want the installer to require an administrative password, and that's why we haven't done it that way.)
Bennett
