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"Permission denied" error when attempting to copy oc to /usr/local/bin on MacOS

Troubleshooting


Problem

One of the steps required to perform the installation of Cloud Pak for Data is to install the OpenShift command-line interface, "oc" as per the following link when attempting to set up a client Workstation:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.6.x?topic=installing-setting-up-client-workstation

One part of installing oc on a Mac Workstation is to move the oc binary to a folder in a directory within the PATH environment variable. During this step, you may not have enough permissions for the OS to allow the move and the following error may be seen:
 
username@hostname oc-4.12.10-macos % cp oc /usr/local/bin
cp: /usr/local/bin/oc: Permission denied

username@hostname oc-4.12.10-macos % 

Changing the user to root will allow the copy to take place:
username@hostname bin % sudo -i
Password:

hostname:~ root# pwd
/var/root

hostname:~ root# cd /usr/local/bin

hostname:bin root# cp "/Users/username/Downloads/oc-4.12.10-macos/oc" .

hostname:bin root# ls -l oc
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root  wheel  104730320  8 Apr 13:01 oc
hostname:bin root# 

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Modified date:
16 July 2023

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