Installation problem

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Wed, July 20, 2016 1:38 pm, Maurice O'Grady wrote:
> Thank you, Derek, for you very prompt reply.
>
> I had actually done what you suggest, and while it moved the app to the
> Applications folder, the attached screenshot shows the result of then
> trying to open the app.

Again, your screenshot didn't make it through the mailman list server.

Are you RUNNING it from the /Apps folder?  Or are you trying to run it
from the DMG?

> In fact this happened some months ago when I tried installing an earlier
> version of Gnucash, but I hadn’t time then to follow up on the problem.
> (I’ve been using this great software for many years, and was surprised to
> find any installation problem).

There are, sometimes, installer bugs..

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> mogrady at me.com

-derek

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>> On 20 Jul 2016, at 18:24, Maurice O'Grady <mogrady at me.com> wrote:
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>> Sorry! Forgot attachment.
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>> mogrady at me.com
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>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> From: Maurice O'Grady <mogrady at me.com>
>>> Subject: Installation problem
>>> Date: 20 July 2016 at 18:19:35 IST
>>> To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>>
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> I downloaded and opened Gnucash-Intel-2.6.13-1.dmg.
>>> While it works perfectly, the app is not placed in the Applications
>>> folder, but remains in the Devices folder, as shown in the attached
>>> screenshot.
>>>
>>> How do I get it to do a normal install, please?
>>>
>>> Maurice O’Grady
>>> mogrady at me.com
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