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| ## fix "Waiting for other installations to complete." on OSX 10.6 10.7 | |
| ## sometimes a failed installation leaves us unable to | |
| ## perform an installation. The following fixes it for me | |
| sudo rm /private/var/db/mds/system/mds.install.lock | |
| sudo reboot |
yeah i mean just choosing Restart... from the apple menu, so your apps have a chance to quit normally, etc.
Yes I am sure that would work fine.
It seems that rebooting shouldn't be necessary, but I can't seem to find out how to remove whatever other lock Software Update is waiting on. I thought it might be mds.lock, but no.
Yeah I gave up and rebooted after a few minutes.
Very Good. Thanks!
This worked for me. Thanks! I love nerds <3
worked for me! Thanks.. lol
This seems a bit extreme...first you should check whether there are actually other installers waiting to finish, and do whatever they need.
In my case, I started installing new software while there was a popup saying that I needed to close iTunes for an install to finish (due to a recent update). Switching users and closing iTunes, which was open on my other user account, let the first install finish, which in turn let my second install finish as well.
I agree with @TheodoreMurdock - in my case, I forgot that there was an xcode installation going in the background. Being patient let everything finish gracefully :) . patience
Just:
sudo killall -1 installd
You must be root to reboot thus sudo...
camel:build reedobrien$ reboot
reboot: Operation not permitted