Macintosh installation
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Macintosh installation
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Author
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Chinh Nguyen, StataCorp
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Date
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January 2003
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Stata is displaying graphs using the old scheme even though the
setting is for the new scheme.
You most likely did not move your old Stata 7 directory to the trash when
you installed Stata 8. Move your Stata directory to the trash and empty it;
then reinstall.
Some of Stata’s commands do not work.
There is a problem with the read permissions of the contents of the Stata
folder. To fix this,
- Login with an account that has administrator access.
- Open the Terminal application (located in /Applications/Utilities).
- Change to the Stata directory,
cd /Applications/Stata
- As administrator, make sure the permissions setting script is executable,
sudo chmod u+x setrwxp
- Execute the script as administrator,
sudo ./setrwxp
If the previous suggestion does not work, another possibility is that Stata
has not been completely installed. Stata is completely installed when the
installer notifies you that installation was successful.
Another possibility is that the ado folder is missing. If this is the case,
reinstall Stata.
Should I create an alias for Stata?
No, double-clicking an alias for Stata has the same effect as clicking the
Stata icon to start it. This, in effect, makes Stata’s directory the
current working directory. Just use Stata.do.
Double-clicking an alias of Stata.do has the same effect as double-clicking
the original Stata.do file (i.e., it makes the location of the Stata.do file
the current folder). This is most likely what you want to do.
Can I make an alias of Stata’s ADO folder?
It depends on what your intentions are. If it is to quickly get to
Stata’s ado folder (assuming it is in Stata’s folder), sure. If
the intention is to put Stata’s ado folder in a location other than
Stata’s folder and then create the alias to it in Stata’s
folder, then no. Stata will not follow the alias, so most of Stata’s
commands will not work.
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