error create/restore database in macOs

[rosanagalindo]

Hello,
I'm trying to install backup some databases from my old windows to a macOS (Sonoma 14.2.1, apparently the openLca was installed but it can't create/ restore any database, follow below the error

Error description

I tried to ??? but openLCA threw an error.

Steps to reproduce

1. ?
2. ?
3. ?

Attached files

• example database ?
• screen shots ?
• ...

openLCA error message

failed to create database

Installation details

• openLCA version: 2.0.4
• native libraries loaded: false
• with sparse matrix support: false

Full error stack trace

java.lang.RuntimeException: failed to extract database template FLOWS to /Users/xxx/openLCA-data-1.4/databases/1
	at org.openlca.app.db.DbTemplate.extract(DbTemplate.java:34)
	at org.openlca.app.db.DatabaseWizard$Runner.createIt(DatabaseWizard.java:118)
	at org.openlca.app.db.DatabaseWizard$Runner.run(DatabaseWizard.java:90)
	at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:122)
Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /Users/xxx/openLCA-data-1.4/databases/1
	at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Unknown Source)
	at org.openlca.app.db.DbTemplate.extract(DbTemplate.java:30)
	... 3 more

Many thanks

[francoislerall]

Hello,
From the log file I can see that openLCA could not access the DB (AccessDeniedException: /Users/xxx/openLCA-data-1.4/databases/1). Could it be that this folder has restricted access? You could check the permission for openLCA or install the latest version.