OS X Component Installation

nkuvu: I know this was covered in another thread, but I think it was an offshoot of another topic. I'm off to zcat /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ CD/System/Installation/Packages/Essentials.pkg/Contents/Resources/Essentials.pax.gz | pax -r './Applications/Internet Explorer.app'

Wish me luck!
 
What am I doing wrong?

Welcome to Darwin!
[***-***-***-***:~] ********% zcat /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ CD/System/Installation/Packages/Essentials.pkg/Contents/Resources/Essentials.pax.gz | pax -r './Applications/Internet Explorer.app'

pax: WARNING! These patterns were not matched:
./Applications/Internet Explorer.app
[***-***-***-***:~] ********% cd /.Applications
/.Applications: No such file or directory.

I ran this script as both an admin and as root and came up empty both times. Sup wit dis?
 
well try this:
Code: 
% zcat /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ CD/System/Installation/Packages/Essentials.pkg/Contents/Resources/Essentials.pax.gz | pax | grep 'Internet Explorer.app'

it will list the software in the Essentials.pkg, and grep it for internet explorer. it somehow seems like you don t have IE on your install disk.
 
Pacifist is the coolest thing I've ever seen. lethe, thank you for the code--I'm sure that the various hacks I've applied to this system messed it up. That notwithstanding, Pacifist has earned a permenant home on my machine and I recommend it to EVERYONE. Peace out! (awful pun intended)
 
so i don t quite understand why the command that worked for me wouldn t work for you. i assume that is must be slight differences in the system names. but this is one of the reasons that people create front ends like pacifist. so that we don t have to go searching for stuff ourselves.

personally i think it is valuable to know how the underlying OS works, but mostly, it is easier to use the third party software. i am glad, chenly, that you brought this to my attention, so that i can tinker with it myself (i have had troubles in the past with not being able to install individual packages, and a year ago when i had these problems, no one told me about pacifist), but in the end, it is much easier to deal with stuff when there is a competently designed GUI.

all in all i consider it a successful thread
 
Actually, Pacifist put the 5.1 Preview version of IE direct from the CD, but Software Update didn't show the 5.1.4 patch, so I copied the whole program from my XGF's iMac onto Zip and did it that way. FTP was no-go, but maybe File Sharing (AFP) would work, too. And, lethe, Pacifist probably didn't exist a year ago. The Macintosh community is really coming through with quality, useful free- and shareware packages. 1984 wasn't like "Nineteen Eighty-Four," 2001 wasn't like "2001," and it looks like 2010 won't be like "2010," either. I love Apple and all the Macolytes who keep it on top.
 
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