[Eric] Problems while installing Eric at MAC OS

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Dienstag, 11. August 2009, Marcel Caraciolo wrote:
> Thanks Detlev,
>
> I solved the problem, exactly by doing that you said. Using root
> permission access i could create the .eric directory structure.
> Everything is ok now!

Sorry I didn't read your report carefully enough. The .eric4 directory is 
created inside your home directory and you should not need to be root for 
that. Are the permissions for your HOME set correctly?

>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcel
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Detlev
>
> Offenbach<detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > you should be root to install eric for everybody. Altenatively you can do
> > a private install. Type 'python install.py -h' to get a list of
> > commandline options.
> >
> > Detlev
> >
> > On Mittwoch, 5. August 2009, Marcel Caraciolo wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm facing some problems during the installation of Eric IDE at MAC OS
> >> X 10.5.6. I followed all steps required for running the ERIC and the
> >> terminal show this info:
> >>
> >> Warning: translation file 'qt_en_US'could not be loaded.
> >> Using default.
> >> Warning: translation file 'eric4_en_US'could not be loaded.
> >> Using default.
> >> Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_US'could not be loaded.
> >> Using default.
> >> An unhandled exception occurred. Please report the problem
> >> using the error reporting dialog or via email to
> >> <eric4-bugs at die-offenbachs.de>. A log has been written to
> >> "/Users/marcelcaraciolo/.eric4/eric4_error.log".
> >>
> >> Error information:
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>--- ----- 2009-08-05, 13:39:48
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>--- ----- <type 'exceptions.OSError'>:
> >> [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> >> '/Users/marcelcaraciolo/.eric4/eric4plugins'
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>--- ----- File
> >> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-pa
> >>cka ges/eric4/eric4.py", line 254, in <module>
> >>     main()
> >>   File
> >> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-pa
> >>cka ges/eric4/eric4.py", line 251, in main
> >>     raise err
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>--- ----- Version Numbers:
> >>   Python 2.5.4
> >>   Qt 4.5.2
> >>   PyQt4 4.5.4
> >>   sip 4.8.2
> >>   QScintilla 2.4
> >>   eric4 4.3.6 (r3297)
> >>
> >> Platform: darwin
> >> 2.5.4 (r254:67917, Dec 23 2008, 14:57:27)
> >> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)]
> >>
> >> Anyone faced this problem too ?? Is there a solution ?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Detlev Offenbach
> > detlev at die-offenbachs.de



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