June 11, 20214 yr Hello, all, I wonder if any of you can guide me through an issue installing Little Navmap, more specifically Little XPconnect. I have rigorously followed the clear instructions to remove the quarantine (out of my comfort zone), as it does not show in the Plugin manager, and having entered my administrator's password directly after the asterisk (shown as ???? below) it won't recognise it. This is the text in Terminal... peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % cd /Users/peterchennell/X-Plane\ 11/Resources/plugins/Little\ Xpconnect peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine * ???? xattr: No such file: ???? peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine *apple password zsh: no matches found: *apple password peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine *???? zsh: no matches found: *???? peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % I'd be so grateful for any help. thank you. Peter
June 12, 20214 yr 17 hours ago, Chuns said: I wonder if I'm in the wrong forum - I'll try elsewhere -sorry guys. Sorry, I'm not available 24/7. Patience please. 20 hours ago, Chuns said: peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % cd /Users/peterchennell/X-Plane\ 11/Resources/plugins/Little\ Xpconnect peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine * ???? xattr: No such file: ???? peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine *apple password zsh: no matches found: *apple password peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine *???? zsh: no matches found: *???? peterchennell@Peters-iMac Little Xpconnect % The "????" are wrong. The command line should be exactly sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine * You have to enter your own password and not the admin password. Alex Alex' Projects: Little Navmap
June 12, 20214 yr Author No, no, Alex, you've got me wrong!! When I saw the title of this forum I misread it, only seeing the word "Logbook" as I clicked through. I do apologise, absolutely not my intention to be seen as nagging! I did subsequently realise that I was in the right place. Deepest apologies. Thank you for the response - in fact those four question marks are a representation of my password - I didn't want to show the real one, so I substituted the question marks. I understood that my password should immediately follow the asterisk, which is what I did type. You can see I also tried the Apple password (again I didn't type the real one in this forum, and then when that gave the same result I retried my Mac password. This morning I have deleted/uninstalled everything, and am starting over. I'll get back to you, if I may, if there is still a problem. Again, apologies for seeming churlish. Kind regards, Peter
June 12, 20214 yr Hi Peter, no problem at all. Just to be sure: Do not add the password on the command line but enter it when the sudo command asks for it. Do not add anything after the star. Feel free to ask if something is not clear. Alex Alex' Projects: Little Navmap
June 12, 20214 yr Author I must be doing something fundamentally wrong, so will it help if I go step-by-step? I have changed directory OK. I have copied and pasted the sudo command. And there it stays. If I hit return, nothing, if I do it again and hit the spacebar, nothing. If I do nothing, nothing happens. It is driving me nuts! I guess the question is "At what point will the sudo command ask for the password?" Sorry this is such a banal, simple thing. Kind regards, Peter Aaah. Some progress. I changed directory again after the sudo command, and it now asks for a password - a little key in a box. But I can't type anything in there!! I tried a combination of spaces and returns, and got some movement, sadly a message saying "no such file:cd" Is there a way I can send a pic (if it will help)? P
June 12, 20214 yr Administrators 15 minutes ago, Chuns said: Is there a way I can send a pic (if it will help)? P Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
June 12, 20214 yr Author Alex, some progress. If I type a space after the asterisk in the sudo line, then return, I get the password prompt. Trouble is nothing happens when I try to enter it, whatever key I hit there is no response. P
June 12, 20214 yr This is really strange. I tried this on Catalina and see no issues. Using default shell zsh and no extra space needed. I enter the password and command is done. It does not give any output after entering the password. Just shows the prompt again which is ok. Alex Alex' Projects: Little Navmap
June 12, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, Chuns said: I have copied and pasted the sudo command. I think here is the problem. I'm not a spec of macOS but it's UNIX derived system so I think it works similar like other UNIX like systems - Solaris, FreeBSD, different Linux-es, etc. Probably macOS first looks at local/current directory and then goes through $PATH variable to find given command So IMHO, you should _delete_ this sudo file from local directory and call system sudo command (that default should be file with set suid bit). Off course your user should be able (have a proper rights) to elevate rights via sudo command (usually it's enough to be at proper group). I don't know how it's made in macOS but under Linux and FreeBSD at default sudo configuration it's necessary to be at group "wheel" and have got properly configured /etc/sudoers file. Regards, Piotr Edited June 12, 20214 yr by ppgas Never give up ... - here are details of the whip-round: https://zrzutka.pl/en/pewr2d -> to help my younger son fights against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (blood cancer).
June 13, 20214 yr @ppgasI think Peter meant he copied the command line starting with sudo. Alex' Projects: Little Navmap
June 13, 20214 yr Author Yes, I did, Alex, but thanks for the suggestion, ppgas. Also I have typed it in - same result. Infuriating.
June 13, 20214 yr Author Do you suppose it could be a Mac OS Big Sur thing? I am running 11.4. I tried again this morning, - a space, then return after the asterisk. Got the word "Password" and a symbol of a little key in a box, but I was unable to enter anything. Hitting return got a message "sorry try again". Went back and started over at the 'cd' command, and this time unable to get past the asterisk. Cheers Peter
June 13, 20214 yr 52 minutes ago, Chuns said: Got the word "Password" and a symbol of a little key in a box, but I was unable to enter anything You don't get feedback when entering the password. This is normal. You can copy and paste the line from the manual as is: sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine * I'm a bit at a loss here. Do you have admin privileges on your computer (macOS "System Preferences" -> "Users and Groups" -> YOU -> "Allow to administer this computer")? Alex Alex' Projects: Little Navmap
June 13, 20214 yr Author Well, Alex, that little question may have led to what the issue is. Although I am the only user of this Mac, and it says "Admin" under my name, apparently I have no admin capability. I am sure I used to have, maybe it disappeared in an upgrade. I have put some time into trying to correct this, including creating a new account with Admin privileges, but I cannot then see X-Plane and Little Nav Map. Having only a small amount of skill in this area, I have reached the point where I just don't understand the language. What a pity, I was looking forward to using some of the features in your excellent software. Kind regards, Peter
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