Mac "Administrator Launcher Installer" says "you must be logged in as root"

[dmd]

1. Download the administrator launcher from

2. Run it, and this pops up

which is nonsensical on a Mac.

[pacmano1]

Use the tar.gz if you can't install it as root. Not a bug. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_jM97AH2Ws, a youtube video that walks you through install in Mac to your home directory.

You can install it as root from the command line (open terminal, and run sudo su -, cd to the directory that has the installer and run it). But after install, mirth will run as root which is bad practice.

So.. "root" is a concept on MacOS, start a terminal and:

<my user name hidden here>@Mac-mini ~ % sudo su -
Password: <enter your normal login password here>
Mac-mini:~ root#
Mac-mini:~ root# whoami
root

[cturczynskyj]

While there is a workaround for this, it would be nicer if you didn't need root to install. We'll have to see if that's possible.

[pacmano1]

Yeah. The admin installer and engine installer need some work.

[ChristopherSchultz]

Root should definitely not be required on Mac. It's an application bundle (.app), or it should be. Just drag it into /Applications (or not) and let it run. There should be no special privileges necessary to run it.

I had similar issues with the launcher and so I just use the tarball for now.