Software update fails...

[Knoeki]

hello,
I just swiched computers with my brother, so i have the more powerful model ::evil::

anyways, First i installed OSX 10.3 (Panther), and then I found out that a few programs don't work (aMSN, Xchat Aqua, etc.). So I tried Software Update, and everything updated, exept for 'Mac OS X Update Combined'. the version is 10.3.9.
If it helps, here is the error i keep getting:

Make sure you have permission to write to /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate, then try again.

I'm the only user of this computer, so naturaly, I'm also the administrator. I don't get it. Why don't I have permission to write to that directory? On my previous computer (now owned by my bro), it worked, no problem...

Thanks in advance,
Knoeki.


(Please ignore my spelling errors, I'm not a native speaker/writer...)

 

[fryke]

Just try to "Repair Permissions" on the drive first using Disk Utility. Then restart and instead of running Software Update, get the 10.3.9 Combo Updater from Apple's support pages (or is it Apple's Mac OS X Software pages? I keep forgetting, you'll find it...). It's a bigger download, but should work fine.

 

[barhar]

With respect to the '/tmp/501/TemporaryItems/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate' - launch 'Terminal' ('/Applications/Utilities/' folder), enter ...

sudo

... then press the <return> key. When prompted for the administrator's password - enter it and press the <return> key. Next, enter ...

rm -rf /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate

... and press the <return> key. This action will delete the respective file.

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I agree with fryke - please use the 'Apple, Software Update' menu item or 'System Preferences' 'Software Update' utility - to obtain a list of the updates available for your current Mac's configuration, only; not to download and / or install the update(s). However, download the desired 'stand alone' installer(s) (referring to the list you created), and install the update(s) via the respective (downloaded) installer(s).

Note: downloading the various installers, you can save them (to disc or disk) for future access, should the need to re-install occurs.