Growl Installation Failure on 10.5.8

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Brian Anderson

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Jun 24, 2010, 5:08:14 PM6/24/10
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Here's the relevant bit of the installation error log:

Jun 24 13:51:32 Leah-Sandbergs-Mini-2 payloadExtractor[647]:
Initializing new flat-package receipt.
Jun 24 13:51:32 Leah-Sandbergs-Mini-2 installdb[638]: Error: Could not
update existing receipt using uid=502 as the prior owner is uid=0
Jun 24 13:51:32 Leah-Sandbergs-Mini-2 payloadExtractor[647]: Error
creating receipt.
Jun 24 13:51:32 Leah-Sandbergs-Mini-2 payloadExtractor[647]:
pkgExtractor exited with error 1 while processing package '/Users/
leahsandberg/Desktop/GrowlMail-1.2.1/GrowlMail.pkg'
Jun 24 13:51:32 Leah-Sandbergs-Mini-2 Installer[636]: Install failed:
The Installer could not install some files in “/tmp/GrowlMail-
Installation-Temp”. Contact the software manufacturer for
assistance.
Jun 24 13:51:32 Leah-Sandbergs-Mini-2 Installer[636]:
IFDInstallController 865DF0 state = 7
Jun 24 13:51:32 Leah-Sandbergs-Mini-2 Installer[636]: Displaying
'Install Failed' UI.
Jun 24 13:51:32 Leah-Sandbergs-Mini-2 Installer[636]: 'Install Failed'
UI displayed message:'The Installer could not install some files in
“/tmp/GrowlMail-Installation-Temp”. Contact the software
manufacturer for assistance.'.


Help? Anyone know a way around this? It's worked fine for almost all
of our other users.

Peter Hosey

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Jun 25, 2010, 1:00:16 AM6/25/10
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On Jun 24, 2010, at 14:08:14, Brian Anderson wrote:
> Jun 24 13:51:32 Leah-Sandbergs-Mini-2 installdb[638]: Error: Could not update existing receipt using uid=502 as the prior owner is uid=0

Use the GrowlMail installation fixer:

http://growl.cachefly.net/GrowlMail-Installation-Fixer-1.0.zip

Adrianna Jackson

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Jun 25, 2010, 12:15:27 PM6/25/10
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Tried it but the pictures are still blurry?
Adrianna

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Brian Anderson

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Jun 28, 2010, 10:45:04 AM6/28/10
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Ahh, thank you. I knew it was something easy but couldn't remember
what it was.

-B
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