Installation Failed on Mac High Sierra- 10.13.6

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SharkeyDIT
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Re: Can only run VirtualBox when SIP is disabled

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Could I try uninstalling homebrew and fixing my path var?

Edit : Uninstalled brew and reset my path variable did nothing, going to reinstall my os
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Re: Can only run VirtualBox when SIP is disabled

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That would be a really good thing to try, absolutely!

I've 1) edited my previous post, so please read it again, 2) merged your thread with the other I pointed to; better coordination.
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Re: Installation Failed on Mac High Sierra- 10.13.6

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I tried it, uninstalled and reset path to default no luck :x , Might just reinstall the OS, should I upgrade to Mojave or reinstall an older high sierra.
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Re: Installation Failed on Mac High Sierra- 10.13.6

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SharkeyDIT wrote:should I upgrade to Mojave or reinstall an older high sierra.
Either or. With the exception of your report and the report of "Explo1t" we haven't had any other fail reports.


@Explo1t
I'm sorry, but I forgot to ask you; do you have Homebrew or MacPorts installed? Please post the output of:
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Re: Installation Failed on Mac High Sierra- 10.13.6

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Upgrade to mojave WORKED !!!!!!
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Re: Installation Failed on Mac High Sierra- 10.13.6

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Nope. It's the fresh installation of the OS that made it work... ;)
I bet you that if you re-install 10.13, it will work again, no issues...
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Re: Installation Failed on Mac High Sierra- 10.13.6

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I had the same issue, 10.3.6, latest version, path all screwed up, homebrew etc installed. Same issue:

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authentication failure (file ownership/permissions)
Had granted the kext in recovery mode, no dice. What fixed it was from stackoverflow (cant post link! google it..) macos-kext-with-valid-signature-rejected-after-2nd-installation-high-sierra

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ls -laO /Library/StagedExtensions/
did not show restricted for me, so another trip to recovery mode and running

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chflags -R restricted /V*/*/Library/StagedExtensions
solved it for me!
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Re: Installation Failed on Mac High Sierra- 10.13.6

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fins_ wrote:
ls -laO /Library/StagedExtensions/
OK, the "-O" switch is a new one for me, I had to look it up and see what it actually does:
$ man ls
   -a  Include directory entries whose names begin with a dot (.).
   -l  (The lowercase letter ``ell''.)  List in long format.  (See below.)  If the output is to a ter-
       minal, a total sum for all the file sizes is output on a line before the long listing.
   -O  Include the file flags in a long (-l) output.
File flags!!! Haven't seen those used in ages! :o
So... the "-O" switch shows the added attributes as set/uset by the "chflags" command. Interestingly enough, the "restricted" is not an option on my 10.11.6 OSX host, it must have been a later addition, I believe as part of the Gatekeeper/WalledGarden policies.
fins_ wrote:did not show restricted for me, so another trip to recovery mode and running
chflags -R restricted /V*/*/Library/StagedExtensions
solved it for me!
Not sure why a direct application wouldn't work, but a recursive on every single mounted volume would. The miracles of software I guess? Did you actually try and failed with the following command?
sudo chflags -R restricted /Library/StagedExtensions
In any case, thank you 'fins_' for the information, it's an additional arrow in the quiver... ;)
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Re: Installation Failed on Mac High Sierra- 10.13.6

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socratis wrote:Not sure why a direct application wouldn't work, but a recursive on every single mounted volume would. The miracles of software I guess? Did you actually try and failed with the following command?
Just a copy and paste from stackoverfolw; the path under recovery mode is

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/Volumes/<whatever>/Library/StagedExtensions
/Library under recovery mode is not the one on your boot disk, so changing permissions/flags there is moot.
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