running package scripts

I'm having the same problem. The installer (through software update) has been stuck for 60 minutes on my MacBook Pro. What gives? Can I for quit and start again? Searching for help on my iPhone!

thanks... I did the same and everything seems to be fine...so far

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Just had the same issue upgrading from Safari 5.1.1 on Lion to the latest version 5.1.2. I left it for 15 minutes and ended up rebooting. System seems OK but there is clearly an issue with this so called "bug-fix" version of Safari !!

I'm having the same problem.

After end and restart my imac, I try again Safari update.

This time update end fine and Safari is updated to 5.1.2.

Re-invigorated by @cloza's success I restarted my iMac and retried the update (second time around) but still no joy. However, I then wondered if the update was scanning the filesystem so I rebooted a third time, ejected my 750GB USB external drive (which also has Time Machine backups on it if at all relevant) and the update took no problem, completing in less than a minute or so. So, it would be useful to understand whether those people having problems have USB connected drives/devices like I had? Anyway, Safari 5.1.2 all OK now, let's hope it's a little more stable than 5.1.1 which seemed to continually freeze on my iMac!

Funnily enough, checking back in on this page just now I had the same page lockup issue which has been blighting me since the Lion upgrade, so looks like the 5.1.2 update isn't solving my particular issues 😟

I had the same problem, but was able to get 5.1.2 installed as follows:

1. In Finder, choose "Go / Goto Folder..."

2. Type in "/Library/Updates"

3. Select all the files in this folder and move them to the Trash (you can always put them back if I'm wrong)

4. Choose "Software Update..." from the Apple Menu in the upper left

It should re-download your update and this time the install will probably go fine. As a software engineer, this sort of problem seems very un-Apple. The software update process should be verifying downloads before installing them, but apparently is not doing it correctly.

It is stuck waiting for Safari to exit, which will never happen and you don't get a chance to do it since the dialog is hidden. Make sure you have exited Safari before proceeding with the installation. Or do it manually: from the Finder go to /Library/Updates/041-3552 and double-click on Safari5.1.2Lion.pkg. Too much magic :-(

+1 for this suggestion. I found out who had Safari open using 'ps auwwx | grep Safari' in a terminal session, then killed it as root. The progress bar unfroze, and the install ran to completion.

Thanks Jonathan Locke, your suggestion worked exactly as you said! 🙂 I'm up and running again!

same issue on imac running Lion. Decided to try unplugging 750 external hard drive first before going into library updates folder and it worked. Have the update, took less than 5 minutes.

Exact same issue on iMac running 10.7.2. Tried three times to update to Safari 5.1.2 and iTunes 10.5.3. Every single time I would get stuck at "Running package scripts" - I even left it overnight on the third try to no avail. Each time I would just do the hard shut down (holding down the power button for a few seconds), and then start the iMac back up and it would resume to normal operation (yet with no updates).

Then, just now, I turned off Time Machine in the system preferences, ejected/unmounted my 2 TB external HD that is the Time Machine backup, I unplugged the USB cable from the back of the iMac, then re-ran Software Update to re-download these two updates and attempt the re-install.

Machine rebooted, ran the update in five minutes or so, then I logged back into my user account, plugged my USB external HD back in, turned Time Machine back on, re-selected the disk, and I'm up and running!

Glad to know I could get the update done unplugging the external drive. But such a hassle getting there.

Turning off Time Machine seems to have resolved it for me. I didn't even have to reboot the machine or kill the installer. The installation resumed and completed after time machine was stopped.