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Error Installing VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-OSX on Mac 10.12.5

Posted: 4. Jan 2018, 19:07
by NickName101
Hi

I am installing VirtualBox (VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-OSX) downloaded from your site
Installing on Mac (10.12.5)
I am getting the following error and it fails to install
I get the attached error screen

For project reasons, I can’t install the newest Mac OS or VirtualBox

Any ideas on the errors below

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Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install  PROJECT:Install-1000
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer  PROJECT:Installer-909
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Hardware: MacBookPro13,2 @ 2.90 GHz (x 4), 16384 MB RAM
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.12.5 (16F73)
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x6246E552:0x0:0x6C
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: TMPDIR=/var/folders/w9/3f_mjqh16x98t4s467wdj1sxj4ds_k/T/
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: HOME=/Users/garretts
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.QabRo8pEjH/Listeners
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.LcXI6CqYTc/Render
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: LOGNAME=garretts
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: XPC_SERVICE_NAME=com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000007.Installer
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: USER=garretts
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Env: XPC_FLAGS=0x0
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.3.6 Installation Log
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Opened from: /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg
Jan  4 16:43:56 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Product archive /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg trustLevel=3
Jan  4 16:43:59 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Product archive /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg trustLevel=3
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: JS: Hardware architecture detected: x86_64
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: JS: OS version detected: 10.12.5
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: JS: system.run /bin/sh .. returned: 1 result=true
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: JS: result:true
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac system_installd[946]: PackageKit: found orphaned sandbox with mismatched session UUID - will clean up: /.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware/4030D294-FCEF-45A7-9C02-C04E88CFEC88.sandbox
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac system_installd[946]: PackageKit: found orphaned sandbox with mismatched session UUID - will clean up: /.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware/8C11F7B2-EE26-4460-89A3-BBBA968F9A98.sandbox
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac system_installd[946]: PackageKit: found orphaned sandbox with mismatched session UUID - will clean up: /.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware/98D50FA4-AEF1-4BA9-B7D5-AD66A3C74857.sandbox
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac system_installd[946]: PackageKit: Found orphaned sandbox /.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware/4030D294-FCEF-45A7-9C02-C04E88CFEC88.sandbox with size 1474250329
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac system_installd[946]: PackageKit: Found orphaned sandbox /.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware/8C11F7B2-EE26-4460-89A3-BBBA968F9A98.sandbox with size 1474250329
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac system_installd[946]: PackageKit: Found orphaned sandbox /.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware/98D50FA4-AEF1-4BA9-B7D5-AD66A3C74857.sandbox with size 2170342882
Jan  4 16:44:18 garretts01-mac system_installd[946]: Purgeable Orphaned Space is: 5118843540
Jan  4 16:44:41 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: InstallerStatusNotifications plugin loaded
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Administrator authorization granted.
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: ================================================================================
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: User picked Standard Install
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Choices selected for installation:
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: 	Install: "Oracle VM VirtualBox"
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: 	Install: "Oracle VM VirtualBox Kernel Extensions"
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: 		VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg : org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxkexts : 4.3.6
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: 	Install: "Oracle VM VirtualBox"
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: 		VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg : org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox : 4.3.6
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: 	Install: "Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Utilities"
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: 		VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBoxCLI.pkg : org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualboxcli : 4.3.6
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: ================================================================================
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: It took 0.00 seconds to summarize the package selections.
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]: location = file://localhost
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]: file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]: file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]: file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBoxCLI.pkg
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Set authorization level to root for session
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Will use PK session
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Using authorization level of root for IFPKInstallElement
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Package Authoring Warning: Package contains system content. Installation is expected to succeed because the System Integrity Protection feature is disabled.
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Starting installation:
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Configuring volume "Macintosh HD"
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Preparing disk for local booted install.
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Free space on "Macintosh HD": 138.87 GB (138867527680 bytes).
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Create temporary directory "/var/folders/w9/3f_mjqh16x98t4s467wdj1sxj4ds_k/T//Install.1392VOFH2w"
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: IFPKInstallElement (3 packages)
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Adding client PKInstallDaemonClient pid=1392, uid=1648813394 (/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer)
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: PackageKit: Enqueuing install with framework-specified quality of service (utility)
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: ----- Begin install -----
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: request=PKInstallRequest <3 packages, destination=/>
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: packages=(
	    "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg>",
	    "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg>",
	    "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBoxCLI.pkg>"
	)
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Session UUID file exists - will not overwrite /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/F8271690-DFDD-42A1-9EDD-1FB85E55ED62.activeSandbox
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/F8271690-DFDD-42A1-9EDD-1FB85E55ED62.activeSandbox/Root/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox, uid=0)
Jan  4 16:45:01 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBox.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/F8271690-DFDD-42A1-9EDD-1FB85E55ED62.activeSandbox/Root/Applications, uid=0)
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VirtualBoxCLI.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/F8271690-DFDD-42A1-9EDD-1FB85E55ED62.activeSandbox/Root/usr/bin, uid=0)
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: prevent user idle system sleep
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: suspending backupd
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Executing script "./preflight" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.uRings/Scripts/org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox.TrXUO1
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac install_monitor[1408]: Temporarily excluding: /Applications, /Library, /System, /bin, /private, /sbin, /usr
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Using trashcan path /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/PKInstallSandboxTrash/F8271690-DFDD-42A1-9EDD-1FB85E55ED62.sandboxTrash for sandbox /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/F8271690-DFDD-42A1-9EDD-1FB85E55ED62.activeSandbox
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Shoving /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/F8271690-DFDD-42A1-9EDD-1FB85E55ED62.activeSandbox/Root (3 items) to /
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Executing script "./postflight" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.uRings/Scripts/org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxkexts.znDm4t
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac installd[941]: ./postflight: /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxDrv.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) not loadable (reason unspecified); check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
Jan  4 16:45:02 garretts01-mac install_monitor[1408]: Re-included: /Applications, /Library, /System, /bin, /private, /sbin, /usr
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: releasing backupd
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: allow user idle system sleep
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=112 "An error occurred while running scripts from the package “VirtualBox.pkg”." UserInfo={NSFilePath=./postflight, NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxkexts, 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#VBoxKEXTs.pkg";
	    PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxkexts";
	}
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Running idle tasks
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Done with sandbox removals
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: install:didFailWithError:Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=112 "An error occurred while running scripts from the package “VirtualBox.pkg”." UserInfo={NSFilePath=./postflight, NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg#VBoxKEXTs.pkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxkexts, NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while running scripts from the package “VirtualBox.pkg”.}
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac installd[941]: PackageKit: Removing client PKInstallDaemonClient pid=1392, uid=1648813394 (/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer)
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: IFDInstallController 161D0 state = 8
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI.
Jan  4 16:45:03 garretts01-mac Installer[1392]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'.

Re: Error Installing VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-OSX on Mac 10.12.5

Posted: 4. Jan 2018, 19:23
by Martin
Why do you try to install a VirtualBox version from December 2013 on a Mac OS X version from May 2017 and expect it to work?

Re: Error Installing VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-OSX on Mac 10.12.5

Posted: 4. Jan 2018, 19:30
by NickName101
Martin wrote:Why do you try to install a VirtualBox version from December 2013 on a Mac OS X version from May 2017 and expect it to work?
Perhaps someone with better IT knowledge can help.

Re: Error Installing VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-OSX on Mac 10.12.5

Posted: 4. Jan 2018, 21:20
by michaln

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/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxDrv.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) not loadable (reason unspecified); check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
Or you could just try a VirtualBox version that's actually intended to run on OS X 10.12.5.

Re: Error Installing VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-OSX on Mac 10.12.5

Posted: 5. Jan 2018, 00:12
by socratis
NickName101 wrote:Perhaps someone with better IT knowledge can help.
Seriously? You get to judge other people's knowledgeable answers? Based on the fact that you didn't actually like the answer? That was the correct answer, you like it or not. Martin definitely knows a thing or two (and some) more...
NickName101 wrote:For project reasons, I can’t install the newest Mac OS or VirtualBox
Why? What sort of project requires that you use a new host OS with an older/unsupported version of VirtualBox? There's not anything fundamental that should require this.

Having said all of the above, there are a lot of reasons why this can't happen. I don't have at the moment a readily available 10.12 VM to try this on, but I'll tell you what you need to do come Monday. For starters search for "OSX socratis kextstat permissions site:forums.virtualbox.org" to see what kind of information are required. Directory permissions mostly and other loaded extensions. I'm on the road and with limited networking, so, please do the homework until Monday...