| August 1, 2009 11:00 PM PDT | |
Problem :
During installation, an error message of "Error while copying license file. Please make sure you have write permission to the license folder" will result if the user does not have write permission to the directory /Users/Shared/Library/Application\ Support/Intel/Licenses.
During installation, an error message of "Error while copying license file. Please make sure you have write permission to the license folder" will result if the user does not have write permission to the directory /Users/Shared/Library/Application\ Support/Intel/Licenses.
Environment :
Mac OS X, Intel Compiler 11.1
Mac OS X, Intel Compiler 11.1
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Root Cause :
The error "Error while copying license file. Please make sure you have write permissions to the license folder." will appear if the user does not have write permission to the directory /Users/Shared/Library/Application\ Support/Intel/Licenses.
This directory by default has write permission enabled, however, installation of other third party products such as Adobe products might change the permission for this directory. This change in permission will result in an error during installation of Intel(R) Compiler Products because the installer can not create a license file in this directory.
Even if the user provide their own license file instead of a serial number, the error will still occur if the installer can not copy the license to the directory /Users/Shared/Library/Application\ Support/Intel/Licenses.
Resolution :
Assuming that you have a valid serial number or product license, the solution is to enable write permission for the directory Users/Shared/Library/Application\ Support/Intel/Licenses.
Root Cause :
The error "Error while copying license file. Please make sure you have write permissions to the license folder." will appear if the user does not have write permission to the directory /Users/Shared/Library/Application\ Support/Intel/Licenses.
This directory by default has write permission enabled, however, installation of other third party products such as Adobe products might change the permission for this directory. This change in permission will result in an error during installation of Intel(R) Compiler Products because the installer can not create a license file in this directory.
Even if the user provide their own license file instead of a serial number, the error will still occur if the installer can not copy the license to the directory /Users/Shared/Library/Application\ Support/Intel/Licenses.
Resolution :
Assuming that you have a valid serial number or product license, the solution is to enable write permission for the directory Users/Shared/Library/Application\ Support/Intel/Licenses.
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I have made sure that the permissions were readable and writable--Not sure what I am doing wrong--I have 2 licenses for
the Cluster Studio for LINUX OS--I have set the the INTEL_LICENSE_FILE before starting the install. I gather maybe its
a floating license. I am installing this on our main file server so the software will be mounted on all of systems plus the
cluster nodes we will be using. If I try to install using "license server", I don't know what the port# is when it asks for
#port@host --So I guess I am a little confused as how to approach this install--I thought I read that if I had the valid license
file that I could go ahead and install the pkg. Any help would be great