[Newbies] Help with .changes file

Tobias Pape Das.Linux at gmx.de
Wed Oct 27 18:42:01 UTC 2021


Hi René

> On 27. Oct 2021, at 20:40, Rene Plourde <plourderene at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tobias,
> 
> I moved the file “Squeak…app” to my app folder and now it opens as expected.

Great!
Good to hear.

Best regards
	-Tobias

> 
> Thanks,
> René
> 
> 
>> On Oct 27, 2021, at 2:31 PM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>>> =======================
>>> 
>>> 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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