Installation fails on Monterey 12.0.1 Intel

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jernst
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Installation fails on Monterey 12.0.1 Intel

Post by jernst »

The installer makes it most of the way through, but ends with:
"The installation failed. The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance."
There is nothing in the Console log that looks like it might be relevant.

I attempted a clean reinstall after macOS complained about a kernel extension after the OS upgrade. (I don't recall the exact message.)
riso
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Re: Installation fails on Monterey 12.0.1 Intel

Post by riso »

Hi,
after uninstalling first installation failed, but when I start installation again (over failed one) the second one in my case was successful.
r/
jernst
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Re: Installation fails on Monterey 12.0.1 Intel

Post by jernst »

Not for me, I tried many times. Mine is an almost-brand-new machine.
doka380
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Re: Installation fails on Monterey 12.0.1 Intel

Post by doka380 »

1. Check FUSE installation. Open System Preferences and you can find macFUSE icon at the bottom - if there isn't, install it. If it is - update it.
2. Check System Preferences / Security and Privace. If there is something with permissions, you'll see the message on General Tab something about extensions which need to be allowed. After you will allow it - restart will be required.
3. Check /var/log/install.log , kind of 'cd /var/log; grep -ri virtualbox .' (without quotes) - probably you will find something notable here.

In order to install VirtualBox, I done (3) and then (1) and (2). Now it's working (Monterey, VB 6.1.28)

Hope this'll help.
Philonous
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Re: Installation fails on Monterey 12.0.1 Intel

Post by Philonous »

Since when is Macfuse required for virtualbox?
Philonous
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Re: Installation fails on Monterey 12.0.1 Intel

Post by Philonous »

Ok. There seem to be a couple of Oracle extensions installed that need a reboot. This was noted in the privacy and security section of System Preferences. After rebooting, the installer completed successfully.
doka380
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Re: Installation fails on Monterey 12.0.1 Intel

Post by doka380 »

Philonous wrote:Since when is Macfuse required for virtualbox?
Seems installation uses osxfuse libraries during package extraction and that confused me.
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