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Updating Perian is impossible
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:27 pm
by elmatzerath
Since I installed Perian 1.1 it´s impossibe to update it.
It´s impossible to remove it, when I double-click the Perian.prefPane I am askedif I want to install the update. When Perian 1.1.3 is installed the version 1.1 is still there, but not the version 1.1.3!
What´s wrong?
elmatzerath
Re: Updating Perian is impossible
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:15 pm
by Lester
Approximately the same here (Tiger PPC 10.4.11); only the preference pane version updates to 1.1.3. The .component remains 1.1.2 and, actually, checking the executables' md5 inside package contents you get different values.
Re: Updating Perian is impossible
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:09 pm
by gbooker
Does it fail if you hit uninstall, and then hit the button again (when it changes to install)?
Re: Updating Perian is impossible
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:15 pm
by elmatzerath
Yes.
But it also fails if I remove it from the system-preferences-window.
Re: Updating Perian is impossible
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:09 pm
by elmatzerath
I did it!
In the User-Folder there is a folder called "PreferencePanes" in the Library. In this Folder there was an item called "Perian.prefPane". After I threw it into the trash it was possible to install Perian 1.1.3.
I think my mistake was to install Perian only for ma, not for all users. now I can find the Perian-component in the systems library.
elmatzerath
Re: Updating Perian is impossible
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:01 am
by gbooker
Sounds like the issue was either the pref pane got installed twice (which is System Preferences fault, not ours), or it couldn't write to your home dir's QuickTime directory. Try running repair permissions just to make sure.