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  • 1.  License Code Error

    Posted Tue July 09, 2024 02:42 PM

    I bought the SPSS statistics program through ThinkEDU and when I try to install the program onto my MAC I receive and error message stating "no licenses found" ThinkEDU has verified I have received the right product key. Someone help... 



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    Cecilie Herrera
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  • 2.  RE: License Code Error

    Posted Fri July 12, 2024 01:06 PM

    Hi @Cecilie

    Support for students, is provided by the vendor.  In this case, ThinkEDU.  Please see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/473051

    I understand you are using IBM SPSS Statistics for macOS and are receiving a message about "no license found".
    There are basically two reasons to get that error:
    - The license file is empty or does not contain a valid license string.
    - The executing user does not have sufficient privileges to read the license file.

    IBM SPSS Statistics requires you to be logged in as an "Administrator" when performing the install.  The same is true for running the License Authorization Wizard (LAW).  If you installed as Admin, but now are running the LAW as a standard user, then you may not have the correct privileges to update the local license file -- leaving it empty and leading to the error you see.

    Log in as an Administrator
    Run the LAW and use your Authorization code from ThinkEDU.

    Check that the local license file ("/Applications/IBM SPSS Statistics/Resources/Activation/lservrc") is not empty -- It can be read with any text editor.



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    David Dwyer
    SPSS Technical Support
    IBM Software
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