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Installation under OS X Snow Leopard with all updates fails Machine is new. Previous Netbeans install migrated across w/Apple's built in migration tool. Old version displays many strange characters (boxes, etc) in console window when uploading/downloading/etc. Trying to install 6.9.1 fails without details. Only suggested solutions I could locate on the web were: * doing an uninstall with the uninstaller ** 6.9.1 installer appears to have done that by completely wiping out my old NetBeans install that as least sort of worked ... BAD installer * installing as root ** bad security practice * chmod'ing various things to root ** again, unacceptable security
Could you please clarify what exactly doesn't work for you. Is it native installer that you downloaded from netbeans.org or it is Plugins manager? > * doing an uninstall with the uninstaller Mac installation doesn't have an uninstaller. You should just NetBeans*.app to Trash. > ** 6.9.1 installer appears to have done that by completely wiping out my old > NetBeans install that as least sort of worked ... BAD installer You can create ENCHANCEMENT request for Mac native installer and make your suggestion there. > * installing as root > ** bad security practice This is a common practice for Mac installations. > * chmod'ing various things to root > ** again, unacceptable security Could you please, clarify.
We haven't heard from reporter for a long time and were not able to reproduce the issue in our environment. Closing the issue as worksforme. coyote4til7, feel free to reopen and provide requested information. Thanks.