Can't download Mavericks from App Store "you have updates available" error

I am running Lion which came with my iMac and it's up to date. I wanted to finally upgrade to Mavericks so I started downloading it a few days ago, but cancelled the download because it was taking so long. So today, I went to start it again and now I'm getting the error: "You have updates available for other accounts Sign in to (my account) to update applications for that account." I have no other Apple accounts. I have searched for this error here an all over the web and performed all of the suggestions: repair permissions, Spotlight, you name it, I've tried it. I even had an older Mavericks install file on an external and it just bounced and wouldn't install.
Any new suggestions?

OK, I'm answering my own question here in case it will help others.
I suppose you could call it user stupidity, but I'll say it's bad user experience on the part of the App Store.
I went ahead and clicked the "Install App" button, hoping I would then have the option to just download but not (reinstall) Mavericks. That is exactly what happens.
The App Store displays a warning to the effect of:
You already have Mavericks installed on this machine. Do you want to continue and just download the installer?
You click the 'Continue' button and you're good to go.

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