[Newbies] Help with .changes file

[Tobias Pape]

Hi René

> On 27. Oct 2021, at 20:14, Rene Plourde <plourderene at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 03:22:12 AM EDT, Tobias Pape <das.linux at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tobias,
> 
> Thanks for suggestion. I uninstalled Squeak as per your instruction, reboot my iMac and then install macOS version and then launched the image. However, I got the same error message (see attached file).
> 
> It seems as though it got package with READ-ONLY for the ".changes" file which is obviously incorrect. I had the same problem with the ALL-IN-ONE package too. I will have to admit it is rather frustrating.

I understand.

However, look at the path that squeak is complaining about.
It means that macOS decided to move the .app into a read-only location we have _no control_ about.

Were have you moved the Squeak5.3-19459-64bit.app before starting it?

Best regards
	-Tobias

> 
> Again, any and all help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> René
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> 
> Hi René
> 
> 
> > On 26. Oct 2021, at 02:21, Rene Plourde <plourderene at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I downloaded the Mac OS version of Squeak and when I started the image I got the message that "/private/.../.change" file was set to read only. 
> > 
> > Since the .changes file needs to be read/write allowed but I'm not able to change it even though I'm the Administrator.
> > 
> > Any hints on how I can correct this problem.
> > 
> > I am running on macOS Big Sur Version 11.6, iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> This is most probably macOS's App-translocation.
> Please (1) remove the .app, (2) unpack the zip again, (3) IMPORTANT move the app away, eg, Desktop, Applications folder, anywhere, but move it. (4) Then start the app.
> 
> Best regards
>     -Tobias
> 
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > René
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