Closed Bug 554240 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Firefox 3.6.2 won't install

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
PowerPC
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: kenmnh, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6

Trying to install Firefox 3.6.2 fails for lack of administrator privileges when being installed by the only administrator.  No option to provide authentication.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to copy Firefox from .dmg file to Applications folder.
2. Window opens saying an older version exists.
3. Click on replace button.
4. Window opens saying operation cannot be completed because user lacks administrator privileges.  No option to provide admin authentication.
Actual Results:  
Upgrade fails

Expected Results:  
Upgrade installed
The copy process is done by the operating system, not by Firefox (there's no install program at all). You really need to ensure that you have write permissions on that folder. You can try removing the folder manually for instance before you copy the new version (your profile will not be harmed).
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Ken, you were not running as administrator?
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