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give app permissions

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ey all,
one of the apps i try to run, scar, is trying to move some files or something when i update it's includes. i used to use it under windows first, but when i try to update those includes now it gives an error and says it can't move them. how can i give the app permission to do so?
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dolor wrote:ey all,
one of the apps i try to run, scar, is trying to move some files or something when i update it's includes. i used to use it under windows first, but when i try to update those includes now it gives an error and says it can't move them. how can i give the app permission to do so?
Exact errors please. Also attach terminal output. If it's too big - put it on pastebin.
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dolor wrote: i used to use it under windows first, but when i try to update those includes now it gives an error and says it can't move them.
Are you trying to run this app from a Windows partition?
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-497f1a2 ... 2c7767afa2
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@dimesio: nope, it's installed with wine.
@vitamin: couldn't move the plugins from the SRL folder to the Plugins folder.' but where can i find the terminal output? when i open a terminal while the error pop ups nothing shows up.
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dolor wrote:@dimesio: nope, it's installed with wine.
@vitamin: couldn't move the plugins from the SRL folder to the Plugins folder.' but where can i find the terminal output? when i open a terminal while the error pop ups nothing shows up.
You have to run it from a terminal.
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-3b297df ... b8edc21619
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dolor wrote:@dimesio: nope, it's installed with wine.
@vitamin: couldn't move the plugins from the SRL folder to the Plugins folder.' but where can i find the terminal output? when i open a terminal while the error pop ups nothing shows up.
Did you run any part of it as root? If so, you'll have to remove ~/.wine directory and reinstall your program.
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