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== macOS == | == macOS == | ||
Become familiar with the concept and ways to run commands as "root" (administrator) - google "mac osx become root". | Become familiar with the concept and ways to run commands as "root" (administrator) - google "mac osx become root". Installation tasks that are run in a Terminal window require root privileges if the programs and their links are written to /usr/local/bin. | ||
Therefore, if /usr/local/bin does not yet exist, prepare the following steps by opening the Terminal window, and then | Therefore, if /usr/local/bin does not yet exist, prepare the following steps by opening the Terminal window, and then | ||
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If you are an academic user, | If you are an academic user, | ||
# obtain root | # obtain root privileges (it will ask for your password): | ||
sudo su | sudo su | ||
cd /usr/local/bin | cd /usr/local/bin | ||
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# release root permissions: | # release root permissions: | ||
exit | exit | ||
(If you don't have root | (If you don't have root privileges and run in $HOME/bin, only the curl and ln commands have to be run) | ||
Starting with macOS Catalina, you may also need | Starting with macOS Catalina, you may also need | ||
sudo xattr -dr XDS-OSX_64/* | sudo xattr -dr XDS-OSX_64/* | ||
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chmod +x get_folder.sh | chmod +x get_folder.sh | ||
./get_folder.sh | ./get_folder.sh | ||
Release root privileges: | |||
exit | exit | ||
If you want to update the programs some time later, just run these commands again. | If you want to update the programs some time later, just run these commands again. | ||