Re: [Squirrel-sql-develop] Mac OS X install package
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From: Robert M. <rob...@gm...> - 2006-11-13 22:51:06
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> On 11/13/06, Rowe, Neville <Nev...@dk...> wrote: > > Secondly naturally I log into my machine as a normal user, but the application dir is writable by an adminstrator only. Most installers flash up something saying - please authenticate. IzPack just says the dir is not writable, I don't know if anything could be done about that ? Ok - it's still UNIX right? So: 1. Open a terminal 2. su - <administrator> 3. At the prompt type the password 4. At the prompt type 'java -jar ' 5. Drag the install jar from desktop to the Public/Drop Box 6. Drag the install jar from Drop Box to the terminal window 7. Hit <enter> in the terminal window. Installer is running as <administrator> and has the ability to install anywhere. 8. Installed app can be launched and run as the normal user, since preferences are stored in <user.home>/.squirrel-sql/*.xml Yes, that's cheating, but still better than logging out. Incidentally, I don't see a "Run as ..." in any of the menus for jar files. How would one accomplish this? Rob |