XCode 4 installation is stuck

Hi The problem is quite simple and after having it a couple of times It dawned on me what teh problem was.

In the Past I've used the Root account as a main account for a variety of reasons and when I used the Root Account to install I got a flurry or error messages and it only installed to 98%.

After Reading the coments made I see a pattern. The times where you have re-installed it, the Permitions where changed.

If you go into your Login Items in the User accounts In preferances.

You can remove login items from the computer when the computer first starts up. The reason for the error is that the iTunes helper is active (On and Running a simplified vertion of iTunes). The same is true for any other program that is available at login, & in my case it was iPlayer (BBC) and Final Cut's quad core processing.

So by removing that option in my normal account. The instalation was fine with no problems.

In Conclusion.

Before installing go into Preferances/ Accounts/ select your account that is open and being used/ Choose at teh Top Login Items from the menu above the account icon (password / Login Items)/ In Log in items you will see some programs, De-select any that are there and close the system preferances.

It is also worth creating a Root account if only for this install. Use Help to direct you as it seems to move between OS's as often as the Tardis! for 10.5 it's under login Options/ Look at the botom of the box for Network Account Server (Join) and click the join Button. When in the next menu refer to the Help instructions as the instructions change on both computers I have. So good Luck.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION:

I saw this on a different website. I couldn't find a way to make this work, and was about to give up, then I found this:

"Change your system date to 1/1/2012"

Being desperate, I tried it... and it actually worked. Still dumbfounded, but give it a try. It might be the easiest solution to the problem.

Emptying the trash got it unstuck for me as well. (and I had plenty of dsik space before and after)

Worked for me as well - Empty your trash and Install

alex@evoluChange wrote:
End up working when I cleaned up space, it only when through when I had more than 14 GB available...

Just for simplicity and hope this can help everyone and finally close this topic, I have created a step by step how to.

Hope this is helpful.

http://sdkit.com/tutorial/how-to-fix-xcode-4-installation-stuck-issue-on-mac-os- x-lion/

Mar 10 10:25:12 Chief installer[35425]: PackageKit: Install Failed: PKG: extracting "com.apple.pkg.iPhoneSDK4_2" Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 UserInfo=0x1061ed650 "An error occurred while extracting files from the package “iPhoneSDK4_2.pkg”." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 UserInfo=0x105f52e80 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory") { NSFilePath = "/var/folders/zz/zzzivhrRnAmviuee+++++++++/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandbox-tmp/Root"; NSLocalizedDescription = "An error occurred while extracting files from the package U201ciPhoneSDK4_2.pkgU201d."; NSURL = "../Packages/iPhoneSDK4_2.pkg -- file://localhost/Applications/Install%20Xcode.app/Contents/Resources/Xcode%20and%20iOS%20SDK.mpkg/"; NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 UserInfo=0x105f52e80 "The operation couldnU2019t be completed. No such file or directory""; PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "com.apple.pkg.iPhoneSDK4_2"; }
Mar 10 10:25:12 Chief installer[35425]: install:didFailWithError:Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 UserInfo=0x1061ed650 "An error occurred while extracting files from the package “iPhoneSDK4_2.pkg”." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 UserInfo=0x105f52e80 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory")
Mar 10 10:25:13 Chief installer[35425]: Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.