How do I share aperture among different user accounts?

I do not want to share fotos between the two accounts, just the application.  When I set up the two user accounts I appear to be automatically given two different itunes, iphoto, etc.  That is what i would like to do with aperture, although currently it is sitting in the use account that was open when I downloaded it and cannot be accessed from the other user account.

Move the Word (or Office) folder from your user/Applications folder to the Macintosh HD/Applications folder. There it can be accessed by all users.
iTunes Music is slightly different as that's user-oriented, but you should be able to allow other accounts to use it by opening iTunes and selecting iTunes/Preferences in the menu bar. Select the Sharing option and choose what to share;
If the other account holder then checks the 'look for shared libraries' option, she should be able to access whatever music you choose to share.

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