can't get installer to open up .pkg

You can find it on any OS X install disc.

Before assuming the problem is with the application try this. Navigate to Users/YourName/Library/Preferences/ com.apple.installer.plist and delete that file. Now try opening a .pkg?

Still not? Create a new account, name it "test" and see how your Installer.app works in that User acct? (That will tell if your problem is systemwide or limited to your User acct.) This account is just for test, do nothing further with it.

Open System Preferences >> Accounts >> "+" make it an admin account.

Let us know and we'll troubleshoot this further.


-mj
macjack@gmail.com

macjack - i am having the same problem as rugger44 - installers application is nowhere to be found - i was able to install my .pkg file using the OS X disk (using the installer app off the disk) is there a way to install the installer app off the disk without reinstalling the enitre OS

Like Rugger44 had no luck with your two previous suggestions

Rugger & RBNH:

You can use Pacifist to extract and install just that application from your install disks. The application should reside in /Applications/Utilities.

Or (if you don't have the disks, like Rugger), you can copy it from another Mac running 10.4, or you can email me and I'll send you the application.


-mj
macjack@gmail.com

it worked! I am all set - thanks again!

Glad your issue is sorted RBNH. Hopefully, we'll hear from Rugger too.


-mj
macjack@gmail.com

Hi Aaron, I sent it to you but if the copy from your other Mac dosen't work I wouldn't have any high hopes with this one either.


-mj
macjack@gmail.com

Many of the utilities and other Apple provided applications are not stand alone applications. They quite often depend on other files that are usually hidden. I believe this is the case for the Installer applications. There is a corresponding hidden file at /usr/sbin/installer that may be missing or is corrupted. There may be other files that the Installer application in the Utilities folder needs.

Unfortunately, the best option here is to do an Archive and Install of the operating system.

Matt

Thanks - I had the same problems and didn't think that simply replacing the program with somebody else's copy would work, but it did work for me..