"There were errors installing the software"

[sakimano]

I've tried again. A few times

MacBook (white) 13" from about 3 years ago
2GB ram (upgraded from 1)
250GB HD (upgraded from 80)
Intel Core Duo (2 GHZ)
OS X 10.4.6

First I tried installing 2.0...got the 'There were errors installing the software. Please try again"

then I tried 3.0...same thing

4.0 is too advanced for my OS

So...after a bunch of frustration, and even more frustration searching for the remedy, I thought I'd start this thread.

BUT FIRST...I blanked the HD on the MacBook, did a fresh OS install, and tried virtualbox 2.0 again. And 3.0. Nothing.

Any ideas?

[rpmurray]

You may want to try using Software Update to update OS X to 10.4.11 from the 10.4.6 you're currently running.

[sakimano]

figured it out

basically if you're running the older 10.4 OS versions, you need to upgrade with the 10.4.11 combo. Downloadable from Apple's site here...

http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page= ... ads.search

[sakimano]

You may want to try using Software Update to update OS X to 10.4.11 from the 10.4.6 you're currently running.

thanks! didn't see your post till I had updated the thread

hopefully searchers will find this pretty easiliy