Installation failure with Dynare 5.5 on macOS if previous Dynare versions are installed in /Applications/Dynare

Installation and Setup
1

Installing Dynare 5.5 into /Applications/Dynare might fail if you have older versions of Dynare installed in /Applications/Dynare.

1 Like
2

Workarounds

There are three different solutions to this.

  1. Modify the ownership by executing the following command in Terminal.app:
sudo chown -R "$USER":staff /Applications/Dynare

Reinstall into /Applications/Dynare.

  1. Delete /Applications/Dynare and reinstall.

  2. Install into a different folder: click Customize after accepting the license; then, under Location, select your desired folder.

Explanation

Previous versions of Dynare used admin rights in the pkg installer. Starting with Dynare 5.5. the pkg installer does not require administrative privileges anymore.

2 Likes