Is there a solution to this problem?
Here's my situation:
I am learning to develop Android. I have a Mac Air running OS 10.7.5. I want to use the most recent Genymotion emulator. This requires VirtualBox. I began by trying to install 4.3.2, then worked my way back to 4.1.28. Each gave the same message concerning failure to install.
Before installation, I have always run the uninstall script.
It seems the culprit is the following:
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: sudo: can't open /private/etc/sudoers: Permission denied
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
BUT why would permission be denied? Shouldn't VB install be running with admin permissions?
[DeorIII.local ~]: ls -latr /private/etc/sudoers
-r--r----- 1 root wheel 1275 Aug 23 2011 /private/etc/sudoers
[DeorIII.local ~]: sudo cat /private/etc/sudoers
Password:
# sudoers file.
etc.
That is, I can read the file by doing sudo with the admin password.
What needs to be done here? Note I have done nothing to overwrite this file ... it is whatever it was created as.
Thanks for any help,
Al
ls -latr /private/etc/sudoers
Here is the full install log:
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Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-690
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-538
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Hardware: MacBookAir4,2 @ 1.80 GHz (x 4), 4096 MB RAM
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b)
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: TMPDIR=/var/folders/q8/236vy4ns70ggdww89f4tkv980000gp/T/
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: SHELL=/bin/tcsh
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: HOME=/Users/arossi
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: USER=arossi
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: LOGNAME=arossi
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-TAeoBq/org.x:0
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-doWQ9F/Listeners
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: Apple_Ubiquity_Message=/tmp/launch-OduXb8/Apple_Ubiquity_Message
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-uoNeW9/Render
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F6:0:0
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Oracle VM VirtualBox Installation Log
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Opened from: /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg
Nov 2 14:30:32 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Product archive /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg trustLevel=202
Nov 2 14:30:34 DeorIII Installer[2071]: JS: Hardware architecture detected: x86_64
Nov 2 14:30:34 DeorIII Installer[2071]: JS: OS version detected: 10.7.5
Nov 2 14:30:34 DeorIII Installer[2071]: JS: system.run /bin/sh .. returned: 1 result=true
Nov 2 14:30:34 DeorIII Installer[2071]: JS: result:true
Nov 2 14:30:36 DeorIII Installer[2071]: InstallerStatusNotifications plugin loaded
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII runner[2080]: Administrator authorization granted.
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: ================================================================================
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: User picked Standard Install
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Choices selected for installation:
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Install: "Oracle VM VirtualBox"
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Install: "Oracle VM VirtualBox Kernel Extensions"
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg : org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxkexts : 4.1.28
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Install: "Oracle VM VirtualBox Startup Items"
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxStartupItems.pkg : org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxstartupitems : 4.1.28
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Install: "Oracle VM VirtualBox"
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg : org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox : 4.1.28
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Install: "Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Utilities"
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBoxCLI.pkg : org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualboxcli : 4.1.28
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: ================================================================================
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: It took 0.00 seconds to summarize the package selections.
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: location = file://localhost
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxStartupItems.pkg
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBoxCLI.pkg
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Set authorization level to root for session
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Will use PK session
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Starting installation:
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Configuring volume "Deor III"
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Preparing disk for local booted install.
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Free space on "Deor III": 125.45 GB (125447688192 bytes).
Nov 2 14:30:46 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Create temporary directory "/var/folders/q8/236vy4ns70ggdww89f4tkv980000gp/T//Install.2071LVmtdO"
Nov 2 14:30:47 DeorIII Installer[2071]: IFPKInstallElement (4 packages)
Nov 2 14:30:47 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Using authorization level of root for IFPKInstallElement
Nov 2 14:30:47 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: ----- Begin install -----
Nov 2 14:30:47 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: request=PKInstallRequest <4 packages, destination=/>
Nov 2 14:30:47 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: packages=(
"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg>",
"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxStartupItems.pkg>",
"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg>",
"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBoxCLI.pkg>"
)
Nov 2 14:30:47 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandbox-tmp/Root/Library/Extensions, uid=0)
Nov 2 14:30:47 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxStartupItems.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandbox-tmp/Root/Library/StartupItems, uid=0)
Nov 2 14:30:47 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandbox-tmp/Root/Applications, uid=0)
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBoxCLI.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandbox-tmp/Root/usr/bin, uid=0)
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: Executing script "./preflight" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.1kVWvn/Scripts/org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox.tFxGga
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: Shoving /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandbox-tmp/Root (3 items) to /
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: Executing script "./postflight" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.1kVWvn/Scripts/org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxkexts.XPkzU1
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: Executing script "./postflight" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.1kVWvn/Scripts/org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox.tFxGga
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxBalloonCtrl => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxBalloonCtrl-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxDD2GC.gc => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxDD2GC.gc-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxDDGC.gc => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxDDGC.gc-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxExtPackHelperApp => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxExtPackHelperApp-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxHeadless => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxHeadless-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxNetAdpCtl => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxNetAdpCtl-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxNetDHCP => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxNetDHCP-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxSVC => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxSVC-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxXPCOMIPCD => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxXPCOMIPCD-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VMMGC.gc => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VMMGC.gc-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBox => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBox-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBoxVM => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBoxVM-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/vboxwebsrv => /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/vboxwebsrv-amd64
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Python found: python, installing bindings...
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running build
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running build_py
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: creating build
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: creating build/lib
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: creating build/lib/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying vboxapi/__init__.py -> build/lib/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py -> build/lib/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install_lib
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: creating /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying build/lib/vboxapi/__init__.py -> /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying build/lib/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py -> /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py to VirtualBox_constants.pyc
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install_egg_info
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Writing /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi-1.0-py2.7.egg-info
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Python found: python2.5, installing bindings...
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running build
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running build_py
Nov 2 14:30:49 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install_lib
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: creating /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying build/lib/vboxapi/__init__.py -> /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying build/lib/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py -> /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py to VirtualBox_constants.pyc
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install_egg_info
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Writing /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi-1.0-py2.5.egg-info
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Python found: python2.6, installing bindings...
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running build
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running build_py
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying vboxapi/__init__.py -> build/lib/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install_lib
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: creating /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying build/lib/vboxapi/__init__.py -> /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying build/lib/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py -> /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py to VirtualBox_constants.pyc
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install_egg_info
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Writing /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi-1.0-py2.6.egg-info
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Python found: python2.7, installing bindings...
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running build
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running build_py
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install_lib
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: copying build/lib/vboxapi/__init__.py -> /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: running install_egg_info
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Removing /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi-1.0-py2.7.egg-info
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Writing /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi-1.0-py2.7.egg-info
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Installing vboxwebsrv launchd file to /Users/arossi/Library/LaunchAgents
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: Register file extensions for "arossi"
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: sudo: can't open /private/etc/sudoers: Permission denied
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: ./postflight: sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII installd[2083]: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=112 "An error occurred while running scripts from the package “VirtualBox.pkg”." UserInfo=0x7fd30513b750 {NSFilePath=./postflight, NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox, NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while running scripts from the package “VirtualBox.pkg”.} {
NSFilePath = "./postflight";
NSLocalizedDescription = "An error occurred while running scripts from the package \U201cVirtualBox.pkg\U201d.";
NSURL = "file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg";
PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox";
}
Nov 2 14:30:50 DeorIII Installer[2071]: install:didFailWithError:Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=112 "An error occurred while running scripts from the package “VirtualBox.pkg”." UserInfo=0x7fa2430eba50 {NSFilePath=./postflight, NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox, NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while running scripts from the package “VirtualBox.pkg”.}
Nov 2 14:30:51 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Nov 2 14:30:51 DeorIII Installer[2071]: IFDInstallController 424403E0 state = 7
Nov 2 14:30:51 DeorIII Installer[2071]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI.
Nov 2 14:30:51 DeorIII Installer[2071]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'.
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