Opened 9 years ago

Closed 9 years ago

#495 closed defect (fixed)

Toolshed cannot install tool, write permission error

Reported by: tic20@… Owned by: Conrad Huang
Priority: major Milestone: Alpha Release
Component: Tool Shed Version:
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked By: Blocking:
Notify when closed: Platform: all
Project: ChimeraX

Description

The Mac ChimeraX installs in /Applications as root and toolshed cannot install new bundles in the application.

Begin forwarded message
From: Tristan Croll
Subject: Re: New version of ISOLDE online
Date: December 5, 2016 at 6:42:19 AM PST
To: Tom Goddard
Cc: Conrad Huang, Greg Couch

Hi all,

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  • After upgrading to Sierra, the next issue I ran into was that an out-of-the-box ChimeraX installation doesn't have permissions to write into its own directories, which of course caused the Toolshed installation to fail. Easily fixed at the command line by running 'sudo chown -R <user> Applications/ChimeraX.app', but non-ideal.

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Cheers,

Tristan

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Scooter Morris, 9 years ago

Milestone: → Alpha Release

comment:2 by Conrad Huang, 9 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: new → closed

The toolshed code now asks the user whether to install for "Just me", install for "All users", or "Cancel". "Just me" installs the bundle into a user-specific directory (which should not have any permission problems). "All users" installs into the ChimeraX install location and may result in a permission error. "Cancel" gives the user a chance to change his mind.

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