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MAC OS Installer "child process exited abnormally"?

On MAC OS I am running a installer package in the Installer like as shown below,

-pkg "~/Desktop/SubFolder/app.pkg" -target /

And I get this error message,

Child process exited abnormally

Any ideas for this?

Solution

  • I suggest you:

    • use -dumplog parameter of the installer utility
    • see what you get in syslog
    • try to launch installer with root privileges (i.e. sudo)
    • try to launch your package in GUI mode and see if it will be installed (there can be some install check)