[babajazz]

I have an update for an application and it's a .mpkg file format. How do I open it?. Double clicking on it gets the error "the postflight script was either not executable or not readable".

any suggestions?

[zachs]

Did you move the .mpkg file? It needs to be in the same folder as the individual packages.

[babajazz]

move the mpkg file?
sorry I should have clarified my problem. I download an update for an application, save that on my desktop or in a folder, then when I click on this update file that has the .mpkg extension I get the following error
"The installer package "update 1.1.4 cannot be opened. The postflight script was either not executable or not readable"

thanks for all your help

[riverfreak]

Long winded response that explains .mpkg:
.mpkg stands for metapackage. That is, they are packages that simplify the installation of multiple packages.

The metapackage (and each of the packages it contains) can contain scripts that assist the installation. The metapackage you are referring to must contain a postflight script (a script that runs each and every time the package is installed). When a developer builds a meta-package, these scripts are automatically made executable so that *you* can run them.

To the point:
Although it should not matter, did you download and unstuff (if it was required) this package as yourself or as some other user on your system?

[babajazz]

I unstuffed it myself...any ideas?
cheers