Hi!
I am a reletively new Mac user. I want to install a software but I get a constant error that I can't wrap my head around. It says write permission in not allowed. However, I went to the /usr/local/bin and shifted gave all users to read-write but the problem persists. Any help would be really appreciated. This is holding me back from a major assignment.
I am attaching pictures for references:
MacBook Pro 13″, 10.15
It appears as though you are attempting to create a directory at the root level of that Mac's hard disk drive, which is off-limits in recent macOS versions.
/OpenFoam is not where you think it is. If you want to create that folder within /usr/local/bin/ then provide that fully qualified pathname:
/usr/local/bin/OpenFoam
Try using that in your curl command.
There was no need to change permissions the way you did. /usr/local/bin is writeable. Everyone should be Read only. Your User Account should be Read & Write and from your screenshot, it's completely missing. I recommend undoing whatever you did to change that folder's permissions.
It appears as though you are attempting to create a directory at the root level of that Mac's hard disk drive, which is off-limits in recent macOS versions.
/OpenFoam is not where you think it is. If you want to create that folder within /usr/local/bin/ then provide that fully qualified pathname:
/usr/local/bin/OpenFoam
Try using that in your curl command.
There was no need to change permissions the way you did. /usr/local/bin is writeable. Everyone should be Read only. Your User Account should be Read & Write and from your screenshot, it's completely missing. I recommend undoing whatever you did to change that folder's permissions.
The command I am using should create a directory automatically. I don't have to create that directory myself.
That is correct, but creating directories at the root level of a Mac's startup disk is prohibited.
I also tried to give a different path like /users/goharshoukat/opt but that too throws the same exception: /user resides on a read-only file system.
That is correct. /user does not exist and cannot be created in recent macOS versions.
Consult the documentation for OpenFoam.
The command I am using should create a directory automatically. I don't have to create that directory myself.
I also tried to give a different path like /users/goharshoukat/opt but that too throws the same exception: /user resides on a read-only file system.
Read-only file system
