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VIPM installation error on Mac OSX 10.7+

Ashish Uttarwar
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Note: This error has been fixed in VIPM 2013 for Mac
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VIPM 2010 installation on Mac OSX 10.7+ (Mountain Lion) fails with following error related to file permissions:

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Here are the steps to adjust the file permissions to allow VIPM installation. 

  1. Log in as an administrator
  2. Open a terminal session (applications>utilities>terminal)
  3. In the terminal type the following then press "enter/return" key:
    • sudo chmod 777 /volumes/"<Disk Volume Name>"/Library/Preferences
    • Example:
    • sudo chmod 777 /volumes/"Macintosh HD"/Library/Preferences
  4. When prompted, enter the password and hit enter it then press "enter/return" key
  5. Type in the following and again press "enter/return" key:
    • sudo chmod 777 /volumes/"<Disk Volume Name>"/private/var/folders/<temporary path name>/TemporaryItems

      The <temporary path name> will be shown in the VIPM error message dialog and is unique for each system (as seen in the image above)
      Example:
    • sudo chmod 777 /volumes/"Macintosh HD"/private/var/folders/p9/0k9fs74n5nz_3bq015z52c340000gn/T/TemporaryItems
  6. Now run the VIPM installer, it should work.
  7. After successful VIPM installation, restore the file permissions by repeating the previous two commands (Step 3 and Step 5) with 755 instead of 777. Here are the commands for your reference:
    • sudo chmod 755 /volumes/"<Disk Volume Name>"/Library/Preferences
    • sudo chmod 755 /volumes/"<Disk Volume Name>"/private/var/folders/<temporary path name>/TemporaryItems

Close the terminal window and you are done.

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  • Luca França

    Hi! Thanks for your help..
    But, What I need write in  "sudo chmod 755 /volumes/Macintosh/private/var/folders/HERE!!!!/TemporaryItems" to restore defaults???

    Thank you!!

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  • Stef

    Hi,

    I'm trying to do this but in my case, there is no <temporary path name> shown in the VIPM error message dialog.

    Someone can help me to find this path please ?

    Thanks.

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  • Ashish Uttarwar

    Stef,

    Please share the VIPM error dialog to provide better support. If needed, you can email us at "support@jki.net".

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  • Steven Wonnell

    Note if you get Error 1:  VIPM could not install the package ... for VIPM 2020.1 for LabVIEW 2020 on Mac OS X Catalina.

    I was able to get VIPM to work after I granted "Full Disk Access" permission to VI Package Manager.app in System Preferences --> Security & Privacy --> Privacy Tab.  By default, this permission is not granted. Even granting individual permission (via chmod commands) to the relevant directories didn't appear to solve the problem.  

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