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When I type emacs, it keeps saying "dumpemacs: Must be run as root unless -n is used emacs: child exited with status 1"

Is it that I am running an old version? I am running Mac OS X version 10.4.11, and I am running Terminal version 1.5.1. Is that too old to do this? Pleas Help!

2011-09-03 14:10:00
1)go to the foler application. Open the ultilities folder. open the Terminal2)copy and paste this line of code:ls /usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/play3)to play the games, type in "emacs" without the quotes4)press esc and x at the same time5)type in the name of the gameHow to Play Game with Emacshttp://www.usingmac.com/2008/6/23/play-emacs-games-on-mac-os-x4 Fun And Simple Things You Can Do Using Terminal [Mac]http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-fun-and-simple-things-you-can-do-using-terminal-mac/How to play games in mac terminalhttp://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-play-games-in-mac-terminal/
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Jeffery Fabish
2011-09-03 08:26:00
Hi TerminalN00B,I don't use Mac, however on Linux this would suggest you need to be an elevated user. Try running the game (in the terminal) but prepend "sudo". Perhaps the command is different on the Mac.So if your original command (that invoked the error) was "abcdefg" now it should be "sudo abcdefg". Sidenote: Don't run any untrusted programs as "sudo". This elevates your current user to root privileges which is insecure.