Afraydo Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Here's what happend: I obtained the Goatsecx dvd 10.4.6 and when i burned the dvd and booted from it it said that my computer had a newer version of OS X installed. It didn't it had 10.4.5, when I looked at the restart window it said the cd had 10.4.4. I then manually searched the cd and found the 10.4.6 update package and installed it with Pacifist. I did not know if this would work and I took a risk but to my relief it worked flawlessly. The computer was working fine, and I then stupidly downloaded the security updates via software update and it screwed up my finder. Now when I log on it shows my desktop pic and my doc but nothing works and my finder bar does not load. I think if I can boot the goatsec dvd and open terminal and install the package through it, my problem will be solved. However I can't browse the disc and find the loacation since my only Mactel is messed up and the rest of my computers are XP. When I used pacifist I selected the whole package so I know this should work, that is if it's even possible. If anyone can help me out I'll greatly appreciate it. It also wouldn't hurt if they could give me the commands I need to install the package (I'm not a terminal expert). I did find that my problem can be solved by installing the semjaZasecupd003 but I've searched the usual places and can't find it. These are the directions I found: You can install Semjaza's Finder by following these steps 1. Download the update package to / 2. Boot into single user mode using -s at darwin boot prompt. 3. Type "fsck -fy" 3. Type "mount -uw" 4. Type "hdiutil attach SemjaZaSecUpd003_Finder.dmg" 5. Type "cd /Volumes/Semjaza\ SecUpd003/" 6. Type "installer -pkg SecUpd003_intel.pkg -target / -verbose" and follow any prompts this may give. 7. Type "shutdown -r now" 8. When the system reboots it should load properly. Open Disk utility and repair permissions for your OSX partition 9. Open Terminal.app and type "sudo update_prebinding -root / -force" 10. Reboot and all should be fine The above would help out if I had the Semjaza finder but I don't. But I am curious to how I would be able to download the package to (/) if I can't physically log on. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Well the install is actually several packages. The main one is called Essentials. Try looking in /System/Installation/Pacakges Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afraydo Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 Actually I'm just looking for the package that has 10.4.6 in the name. If someone could please pop in their goatsecx dvd and search the dvd for 10.4.6, I would greatly appreciate it. You should only get one pkg as a result, could you post the exact location of that package and full name. ***EDIT*** Well I discovered the cd command in terminal and was able to find the 10.4.6 intel package. Now I just need to install it. I know there is some kind of install command for terminal but I can't remember it. I'm sure everyone but me know this command so if you wouldn't mind could you please post it. I've done a google search and I can't come up with it. I'm sorry for the stupid questions...but I'm so close to fixing my computer (hopefully). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Have you tried just double clicking on the package you want to install? Or opening it with Apple's Installer.app? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afraydo Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 I can't boot into my Mac install becuause the Finder is not starting up. So all I get after the boot screen is my desktop picture and my dock but I can't do anything, except for move to mouse around. Nothing works. So I think the only way for me to install the package is to do it through Terminal off of the boot disc. Since for some odd reason the disc is read as 10.4.4 I can't just do an automatic install, I have to find the package and install. I've found it the package using terminal I just now need to use the install command to install it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 what if you try: open package_name.pkg Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 From another site: sudo installer -pkg MyDownlad.pkg -target / -verbose This will install the package "MyDownload" to the root of the filesystem, verbosely telling you every file that's getting installed. sudo installer -pkg AnotherDownlad.pkg -target /Volumes/FirewireHD This will install the package "AnotherDownload" to an external firewire drive named "FirewireHD", without bothering with the verbose output. You can also try installer -help or man installer for more information. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afraydo Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 From another site: sudo installer -pkg MyDownlad.pkg -target / -verbose This will install the package "MyDownload" to the root of the filesystem, verbosely telling you every file that's getting installed. sudo installer -pkg AnotherDownlad.pkg -target /Volumes/FirewireHD This will install the package "AnotherDownload" to an external firewire drive named "FirewireHD", without bothering with the verbose output. You can also try installer -help or man installer for more information. for the (-target) am I supposed to leave it like that or do I fill that space in with where I want it to install. I actually don't know what the target is supposed to be... I was hoping that it would know where to install the package without me telling it to. Thanks for the replies , I'll test it out later tonight. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afraydo Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 I keep getting a command does not exist error. this is how I'm typing it in: sudo(space)installer(space)-pkg(space)MacOSXUpd10.4.6Intel.pkg-target/-verbose I'm sure that I'm making a mistake in my spaces. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 sudo(space)installer(space)-pkg(space)MacOSXUpd10.4.6Intel.pkg(space)-target(space)/(space)-verbose Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Try replacing "installer" with this: /Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afraydo Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 Try replacing "installer" with this: /Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer I tired but I still got a command not found. I think it may have to do with the fact that I'm on a cd and not on my hdd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Ok, then do this: /Volumes/YOUR_INSTALL_DISK_NAME/Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer Where YOUR_INSTALL_DISK_NAME is whatever you have named your OS X installation disk. If the name has spaces in it use quotes to delimit it like this: "YOUR INSTALL DISK NAME" NOTE: I do not mean your installation DVD but the harddrive partiton of your working OS X installation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-129826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afraydo Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 Ok, then do this: /Volumes/YOUR_INSTALL_DISK_NAME/Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer Where YOUR_INSTALL_DISK_NAME is whatever you have named your OS X installation disk. If the name has spaces in it use quotes to delimit it like this: "YOUR INSTALL DISK NAME" NOTE: I do not mean your installation DVD but the harddrive partiton of your working OS X installation. Well I tired that and I'm still getting a command not found. After that I just left the terminal window open for about 5 mintues and then out of no where I notice that in the window the charecters ~8 keep being repeated like someone is typing them in. I thought that maybe the terminal is doing something but then after about 15 min. it said that there's been a szone_error. And it's still repeating ~8 over and over again. I have no idea as to what is going on. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19746-location-of-1046-pkg-on-the-goatsecx-disc/#findComment-130171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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