adium update says i dont have permission

[greenbreadmmm]

when i try to install the update it says this

update error
Adium does not have permission to write to the application's directory! Are you running off a disk image? If not, ask your system administrator for help

how can i fix this

thanks

 

[SilentPanda]

You need to have administrative privileges to write to the Applications directory typically.

 

[greenbreadmmm]

do i not?
its my computer no one elses

 

[xUKHCx]

Chances are you trying to open the application from the mounted disk image. i.e. you have double clicked on the .dmg a window has appeared and you are trying the application from their.

Simply drag the application out of that window to your applications folder and it should work fine.

 

[jrogers1126]

Same problem

I have the same problem. Adium tells me that an update is available, and asks if I'd like to update, I think 'sure'!

It downloads and then gives me this error. I didn't launch it from a mounted disk, Adium launched the installer. I have admin rights, and have even set the perms on the Applications folder to 777 (temporarilly)

$ ls -la /Applications/.
total 1288
drwxrwxr-x+ 100 jrogers1126 admin 3400 Oct 24 21:29 .
drwxrwxrwx@ 4 jrogers1126 admin 136 Oct 19 12:05 Adium.app
$ ps aux | grep Adium
e122248 1721 2.4 1.9 542292 59880 ?? U 1:50PM 0:23.62 /Applications/Adium.app/Contents/MacOS/Adium -psn_0_557192
e122248 1795 0.0 0.0 599820 464 s006 S+ 1:59PM 0:00.00 grep Adium

soo..... What's the deal? My guess is the installer is trying to write to a folder other than /Applications, and this error message is erroneous/inaccurate.

 

[LtRammstein]

Read this Wiki: http://trac.adium.im/wiki/HowToUseDiskImages

From what it sounds like, you're running Adium from the Disk Image.

 

[Karvel]

I get the same problem! And I'm certainly not running it off the disk image, how insulting! 😛

 

[Karvel]

I've found a solution:

In your Applications folder, right-click/control-click on Adium and choose Get Info.

There will be a selection of disclosure-triangle headers (e.g. General, More Info, Name & Extension, Sharing etc.)

Click the triangle next to Sharing & Permissions, if it is not already visible.

It will show:

xx (Me)
admin
everyone

MAKE SURE "admin" is set to Read & Write, just like xx (Me) is.

Sorted!

edit: Nope, it doesn't work. Actual ffs.