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Re: "Installer" Problems

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Thanks !

Yes, I'm running 10.9.3.
And I can't FIND a core services in the system library.
Looks like the best way would to re-install.  But how?
There's no Mavericks disk !

KRL



In article <c2ivg3Fb0eiU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2014-07-14, KRL <karl@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Somehow, I've corrupted whatever system file there is to automatically
> > install - installer packages : .pkg or .mpkg
> >
> > Any installer package comes up with a gray icon.  When I "info" it it
> > says that it will open in "text edit"  or earlier "terminal"
> > Text edit was tried by me after "terminal" didn't work.  So now I have
> > two installer packages that won't install because they don't know how
> > to install themselves.
> >
> > Help.
> 
> When you view the Info window for the package file, does the Open With
> menu contain an item called "Installer", or just "Text Edit" and
> "terminal"?
> 
> Just in case, check to make sure you actually have the Installer
> application on your system. I'm running 10.9 and it's located here in my
> file system: 
> 
> /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app
> 
> If it's not there (assuming you are running 10.9 as well), your system
> is missing critical components, and you should probably consider
> re-installing the OS and then restoring your user data from backup.
> 
> If you open the Info window for the package file again and look at the
> Open With section, does the pop-up menu have an item for "Installer"? If
> not, you should be able to choose "Other" and then navigate to the
> location of the Installer application to choose it, and then make it the
> default by clicking the "Change All" button below the menu.
> 
> It's also possible that your Launch Services database is somehow
> corrupted. You can reset it easily with a simple command line (below).
> You can do this even if nothing is wrong with the database, as all it
> does it rebuild the database from scratch based on the applications that
> are currently installed on your system. Here's the command (all on one
> line):
> 
> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister
> -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

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"Installer" Problems KRL <karl@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-14 16:35 -0400
  Re: "Installer" Problems Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-14 21:13 +0000
    Re: "Installer" Problems KRL <karl@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-14 18:14 -0400
      Re: "Installer" Problems Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-14 22:32 +0000
      Re: "Installer" Problems dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-07-15 10:50 +1200
        Re: "Installer" Problems KRL <karl@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-15 08:30 -0400
          Re: "Installer" Problems dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-07-16 01:01 +1200
          Re: "Installer" Problems Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-15 14:43 +0100

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