[R-SIG-Mac] Ventura users: do not install R from the Downloads folder

[Jean Thioulouse]

> Le 9 févr. 2023 à 13:34, Marc Schwartz via R-SIG-Mac <r-sig-mac using r-project.org> a écrit :
> 
> Simon, 
> 
> I am not sure that this is a bug, it is a security "feature". 
> 
> There is a macOS Ventura setting in: 
> 
>   System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Files and Folders -> Installer -> Downloads Folder 
>   
> If that is not enabled, then installation from the Downloads folder will fail. That may be the issue that Max is experiencing. 

MacOS Ventura 13.1 on MacBook Pro 2020: if the "Downloads" folder is not in the list of enabled folder for the Installer, then it asks you to add it and installation works. It will fail only if the folder is in the list AND it has been disabled (grey toggle). Which is quite understandable.

Jean


> Regards, 
> 
> Marc Schwartz 
> 
> P.S. Re-sending this without the screen capture, as that made the e-mail too large for the list.
> 
> On February 8, 2023 at 10:38:09 PM, Simon Urbanek (simon.urbanek using r-project.org) wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Apparently there is a bug in Ventura that prevents software installation from the Downloads folder. Once the installer package is moved someplace else - the home or Desktop - it works. So if you see "Installation failed", make sure you move the package (typically that would be the R-4.2.2-arm64.pkg file) out of the Downloads folder. (Thanks to Max for sending the installer log so we could trace the cause!). 
>> 
>> Cheers, 
>> Simon 
>> 
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