Installer: PackageKit: Missing Bundle Identifier system.log error messages

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Installer: PackageKit: Missing Bundle Identifier system.log error messages

Example:
Installer[2547]: PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/NeoOffice-2.2.5-Intel.pkg

I am getting a few of these error messages whenever I run installer. I'm guessing there's an easy fix to this?

iMac something or other, Mac OS X (10.6.2), The Peak of good living

Posted on Mar 8, 2010 7:53 AM

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Answer 1

baltwo

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Mar 8, 2010 11:15 AM in response to Kyle Skrinak

Open up /Library/Receipts/, create a new folder, name it OldStuff, put everything except the InstallHistory.plist file inside of it, restart, run the installer, and see if that fixes things. SL has done away with storing anything in that folder except the plist file. All installation stuff is stored in /var/db/receipts/.

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Answer 2

Kyle Skrinak Author

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Mar 8, 2010 11:26 AM in response to baltwo

Sweet. I figured it was simple. There wasn't an "InstallHistory.plist" file in that directory, so I did:

cd /Library/Receipts
mkdir oldstuff
mv *.pkg oldstuff/

Ran installer, no PackageKit error. Rebooted, still no error.

Thanks!

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Answer 3

baltwo

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Mar 8, 2010 11:41 AM in response to Kyle Skrinak

Thanks for the feedback. Subsequent installations of Apple updates should create the plist folder and list the things installed with the components being stored in the new receipts folder. Good computing.

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