Cannot insall firefox7. says "don't have access or permissions to some of the items"

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when i drag the firefox icon into my applications folder i get this message:The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access some of the items.

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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V, then press the space bar.
Now switch to the Finder and and select one of the items in the Trash. Drag into the Terminal window. More text will be added to what you entered.
Click in the Terminal window to activate it, then press return.
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Select the text on the line below by dragging across it. Don't include the blank space at the end of the line. Only the text should be highlighted.
ls -Oeln
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V, then press the space bar.
Now switch to the Finder and and select one of the items in the Trash. Drag into the Terminal window. More text will be added to what you entered.
Click in the Terminal window to activate it, then press return.
Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear.
Post any lines of output that appear below what you entered—the text, please, not a screenshot.
If any personal information appears in the output, anonymize before posting.

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Cannot insall firefox7. says "don't have access or permissions to some of the items"

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