Trying to install software

[The Beatles]

Hello everyone,

Im using OSX Lion

I have two accounts:

Admin
AndUser

I wanted to install software and i was logged in as AndUser, it prompted an Admin request for Password which i entered correctly.

I then continued to install the software (remember I'm in AndUser mode). But at the end, it said i didn't have the privileges to install in the Applications folder. I then selected it to install on the AndUser desktop, but it still said i didn't have privileges.

So my GUESS was that i needed to LOG out and try installing while logged in as the Admin.

Is this necessary? So whenever i want to install something i have to install while logged in as Admin? I can't just Log in as AndUser and just type in the Admin password during installation?


Thank you.

 

[user418]

Installing software in Mac OS X requires an administrator account name and password.

 

[The Beatles]

yes, got that.

however, AFTER i typed in the admin User name and Password, it continued to install but at the end it said i couldn't install in the app folder due to privileges. By the way, this is a fresh install on a new hard drive from Apple.

 

[robgendreau]

Some applications may require you to log in as an administrator to install them. I don't think it happens all the time, but I noticed that Logic Studio, eg, required that at least at some point.