[Waterman]

Hi.

I downloaded Fink and mounted the disk image just fine, but then the Installer chokes when it tries to open the installer package. This also happened on the iCal install, but I forgot about it until now. I'm wanting to do some PHP development and need to download a few open source things via Fink.

Basically, what's happening is Installer.app opens for like 1 sec and then it quits unexpectedly and vanishes from the Dock with no error message reported. I checked the Console, and got this message:

Code:
dyld: /Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer 
malformed library: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Installation 
(no dynamic symbol table command)

Feb 24 18:36:44 jbk crashdump: Crash report written to: 
/Users/jbk/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Installer.crash.log

I then checked the CrashLog that it spit out and saw this:

Code:
Date/Time:  2003-02-24 18:36:44 -0800
OS Version: 10.2.2 (Build 6F21)
Host:       jbk.powerbook.local.

Command:    Installer
PID:        662

Exception:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006)
Code[0]:    0x00000001Code[1]:    0x8fe01280

Thread 0 Crashed:
 #0   0x8fe01280 in halt
 #1   0x8fe07510 in check_image
 #2   0x8fe03a44 in map_library_image
 #3   0x8fe031d0 in load_library_image
 #4   0x8fe06134 in load_images_libraries
 #5   0x8fe026e8 in load_executable_image
 #6   0x8fe01410 in _dyld_init

PPC Thread State:
  srr0: 0x8fe01280 srr1: 0x0002f030                vrsave: 0x00000000
   xer: 0x20000000   lr: 0x8fe0a064  ctr: 0x00000000   mq: 0x00000000
    r0: 0x00000004   r1: 0xbffff9e0   r2: 0x4400828c   r3: 0x000000cb
    r4: 0x00000000   r5: 0x000000cb   r6: 0x0000000a   r7: 0x701bf4d8
    r8: 0x00000000   r9: 0x00000000  r10: 0x0000004c  r11: 0x00000000
   r12: 0x8fe71af2  r13: 0x00000000  r14: 0x00004924  r15: 0x00000000
   r16: 0xbffffe34  r17: 0x00000001  r18: 0x00000000  r19: 0x000841f0
   r20: 0xbffffb80  r21: 0xbffffb88  r22: 0xbffffb8c  r23: 0xbffffb78
   r24: 0xbffffb7c  r25: 0xbffffb84  r26: 0x00000058  r27: 0x00000000
   r28: 0x00001ab4  r29: 0x00000001  r30: 0x8fe484d8  r31: 0x8fe09ecc

Does anyone know if an upgrade would fix this (I'm running 10.2.2 now) or would this be something that requires a reinstall?

Thanks for any pointers you might have!

ps: I've restarted and fsck-ed and done the other traditional trouble-shooting things.

[slffl]

This just started happening to me also. I also tried installing Fink and it crashes right after I type in my user password. Now, I've just downloaded the idisk utility and it does the exact same thing.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[CharlesS]

Sounds like you need to reinstall your Installation library, which is stored in the Installation.framework.

The 10.2.0 version of the framework is on the Jaguar Install CD, but the latest version will be in the 10.2.4 Update. You can download Pacifist to open the 10.2.4 update, then navigate to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A, find the file named "Installation" and reinstall it.

[slffl]

Originally posted by CharlesS:
Sounds like you need to reinstall your Installation library, which is stored in the Installation.framework.

The 10.2.0 version of the framework is on the Jaguar Install CD, but the latest version will be in the 10.2.4 Update. You can download Pacifist to open the 10.2.4 update, then navigate to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A, find the file named "Installation" and reinstall it.

Well, I just tried this, but when I try and open the 10.2.4 update pkg file with Pacifist, I get "an error occurred while opening the packages bom file".

[Waterman]

Actually... I don't know if it was here or on the MacOSXHints IRC channel (i'm a dork, I admit it!), but someone suggested the correct fix that didn't require any reinstallation at all...

Fix your permissions.

Use Apple Disk Utility to verify and repair your disk permissions. This utility is found in the (you guessed it!) Utilities folder in your Application folder. It did the trick for me. Your mileage may vary.

Good luck.

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by slffl:
Well, I just tried this, but when I try and open the 10.2.4 update pkg file with Pacifist, I get "an error occurred while opening the packages bom file".

That's odd, I had another user report the same thing the other day.

Could you send me an e-mail? support at charlessoft dot com.

[slffl]

Originally posted by Waterman:
Actually... I don't know if it was here or on the MacOSXHints IRC channel (i'm a dork, I admit it!), but someone suggested the correct fix that didn't require any reinstallation at all...

Fix your permissions.

Use Apple Disk Utility to verify and repair your disk permissions. This utility is found in the (you guessed it!) Utilities folder in your Application folder. It did the trick for me. Your mileage may vary.

Good luck.

Excuse my ignorance (this is my first mac), but how long should verifying/repairing permissions take? I select the Mac HD in the Disk Utility, click Verify Disk Permissions, it says 'verification of privileges has started', but nothing happens with the progress bar. Even after an hour the progress bar hasn't moved. Is this an overnight process? Or is there something wrong with my disk? Thanks.

If someone sent me their installer.app, would that fix my problem?

Oh, and Charles, I've tried emailing you through 2 accounts, but keep getting it returned saying the email address could not be authenticated.

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by slffl:
Oh, and Charles, I've tried emailing you through 2 accounts, but keep getting it returned saying the email address could not be authenticated.

You need to replace the "at" and "dot" with @ and . respectively.

[slffl]

Originally posted by CharlesS:
You need to replace the "at" and "dot" with @ and . respectively.

Um, yeah, I'll try one more time through a hotmail account.