Installation help

[Urkle]

hmm.. the installer should autodetect if root is needed and ask for the root password when installing. do you have enough free disk space??? You should have at least 2-3 gig free. that is my only thought, as the retail installer is the same as the demo installer.

It still seems odd that it would not show the contents of the directory. Does root see the contents of the directory?? If so just chmod it to fix.

The "chmod" command for the install directory should be (run as root of course)
chmod -R u+rwX,g+rX,o+rX PenumbraOverture

If the directory is really empty, try running the installer not via sudo (the installer will auto detect and switch using sudo if necessary) and if that fails do a full switch to root (su -) and run the installer.