Little Help w/ El Cap Install from Mavs?

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GGD wrote:
Carefully look at step 6 in the directions.

That first install you did just created the real installer application in your applications folder, you now need to run that real installer.

yes, I think that is the problem. I recall that is how it works on the Mac, but funny, I just tried from the work laptop (Windows 10) and here it downloads the 5.8 GB directly