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Anonymous
February 8, 2013
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General Installation Error, mac 10.8.2

  • February 8, 2013
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I downloaded the latest flash player from the abode website (for mac, safari, english). Download is fine. Installation proceeds to about 50% completion and then terminates with a "General Installation Error". Here's the configuration:

Mac intel core 2 duo 2.26 GHz

OS 10.8.2

Safari 6.0.2

I downloaded the flash player uninstaller, and it reported a successful uninstall. Also checked for directories in /Library/Internet Plugins and the (Disabled) folder. No flash player components left.

Checked pop-up blocker (it's not set), system preferences (download apps from any source is checked). Also disabled norton auto-protect. Install still fails.

I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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    Correct answer Kaolay001

    How i solved:

    1. Mount the Flash Player installer .dmg file
    2. Copy the "Install Adobe Flash Player" file to desktop or any other directory as preferred
    3. Open terminal and cd to desktop or the other directory
    4. Run the following command on terminal: sudo ./Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player.app/Contents/MacOS/Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player
    5. Insert the password when asked

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    guyalCouncil
    Participant
    March 16, 2013

    Variant that worked for me:

    $ cd ~/Downloads/

    $ hdiutil mount AdobeFlashPlayerInstaller_11_aih.dmg

    $ ls /Volumes/Adobe\ Flash\ Player\ Installer/Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player.app/Contents/MacOS/Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player

    <the above step was to verify the location of the installer, to use in the next step>

    $ sudo /Volumes/Adobe\ Flash\ Player\ Installer/Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player.app/Contents/MacOS/Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player

    $ hdiutil unmount /Volumes/Adobe\ Flash\ Player\ Installer/

    (Background http://commandlinemac.blogspot.com/2008/12/installing-dmg-application-from-command.html)

    Thanks all for getting me going in the right direction.

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    eric_at_ucla
    Participant
    February 12, 2013

    When I tried the excellent suggested solution, I received the error message:

    2013-02-11 16:09:05.968 Adobe Flash Player Install Manager[1169:707] Unable to write data to file '/var/root/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/install_vector.txt'.

    Once I had created the missing directory by typing the two commands:

    "sudo mkdir /var/root/Library/Preferences/Macromedia" and

    "sudo mkdir /var/root/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player"

    then running the installer from the command line using sudo, as suggested, did work.

    Many thanks!

    K
    Kaolay001Correct answer
    Participating Frequently
    February 8, 2013

    How i solved:

    1. Mount the Flash Player installer .dmg file
    2. Copy the "Install Adobe Flash Player" file to desktop or any other directory as preferred
    3. Open terminal and cd to desktop or the other directory
    4. Run the following command on terminal: sudo ./Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player.app/Contents/MacOS/Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player
    5. Insert the password when asked
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    Anonymous
    February 9, 2013

    Worked first time. Thanks!

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