Application not opening

[Sarah von Blumenthal]

On 9 Aug 2013, at 23:23, cgw993 at aol.com wrote:

> I doubt this will help as I am new to GNU Linux -    
> 
> Sarah - If you keep having trouble installing the software, another approach
> may be to install Oracle Virtual Machine, assuming it runs on Apple.  On
> that virtual machine you can install some distribution of GNU Linux and then
> maybe the installation of free software would be easier in general.
> 
Thank you. I can try this if there seems no obvious answer as to why I'm having problems. Plan B!
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user-bounces+cgw993=aol.com at gnucash.org
> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+cgw993=aol.com at gnucash.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
> von Blumenthal
> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 2:24 PM
> To: John Ralls
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Application not opening
> 
> Thanks for offering to help. I removed previous install files, including the
> gnu cash folder from /library and reinstalled. This time it didn't prompt me
> to authenticate, nor will it open. When I try to open it the icon bounces a
> few times and then disappears and then nothing. Is it possible there are
> still remaining files from a previous install that are causing issues, or is
> it likely to be another problem? BTW, I am a user who is 'authorized to
> administer this computer' so that's certainly not a problem.
> 
> Really appreciate you trying to help!
> 
> Sarah
> 
> PS If I have used the wrong posting etiquette for this group please let me
> know.
> 
> On 9 Aug 2013, at 21:14, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Aug 9, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Sarah von Blumenthal
> <sarah.vonblumenthal at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm not a techie, so bear with me. I've downloaded Gnucash several times
> (tried a couple of different eleases) but I can't get it to run on my mac.
> (I'm using Mountain Lion btw) WIth the most recent stable release I get an
> error message "Gnucash requires authentication to create a link to the
> binary" followed by a login prompted by osascript. I've read the
> install.txt, but as a mere mortal who doesn't normally need to fire up the
> Terminal, it doesn't mean much to me. I'm happy to work through an install
> using the Terminal, but I need clear instructions on what to do as it's not
> familiar to me. I really want to get up and running with Gnucash, but it's
> beating me at the moment. Can anyone steer me through this?
>> 
>> Sure.
>> 
>> First of all, make sure that you've dragged Gnucash from the dmg to a
> regular folder. Most folks put it in /Applications, but anywhere will work,
> even your desktop.
>> 
>> Then double click on the relocated Gnucash and you'll get that message box
> and the login prompt. Type in your password and click OK. Gnucash will start
> up, and you won't have to authenticate again unless you move Gnucash to
> another folder.
>> 
>> There may be one gotcha here: If the user you normally log in as isn't
> "authorized to manage this computer" in System Preferences>Users, you'll
> need to provide the userid and password of a user who is so authorized at
> that login prompt. This isn't common unless someone else helps you set up
> your computer.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
> 
> 
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