I just worked through getting PASW (formerly SPSS) installed on my MacBook, running OS X 10.5
Unfortunately, when I tried installing the software, an InstallAnywhere application would run, then PASW_Statistics_Installer would start and instantly crash.
The system log had some odd error messages:
PASW_Statistics_Installer.app/Contents/Resources/PASW_Statistics_Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/PASW_Statistics_Installerʂ(Cv^X^LecionaTT PASW_Statistics_18[1948]: osError = -60031 PASW_Statistics_18[1972:10b] CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary. (repeated several times...) PASW_Statistics_18[1972]: Could not find image named 'lock'.
None of this seemed that helpful, so I tried deleting ~/InstallEverywhere and all the plist instances of SPSS I could find in my ~/Library/Preferences and /Library/Preferences
No luck! Fortunately after a little more poking, I arrived at this solution:
1-line instructions: In PASW_Statistics_Installer/info.plist, change the Java/JVMVersion from 1.5+ to just 1.5. Apparently if you have an updated version of Java, something in the new API breaks the installer.
For example of how to do this, watch this video:
httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKNw40HSmq4
Comments (11)
Bart Sullivan
March 2, 2010 at 9:32 am
thanks! This worked perfectly. Now I’m good to go.
Richard
July 9, 2010 at 11:52 am
Excellent fix! Thank you very much.
pc
September 3, 2010 at 10:52 pm
genius!
emm
September 15, 2010 at 2:01 am
you can only download PASW statistics twice, that is; on two computers, so what if you installed it already on a computer and the computer decides to crash. installing it again on the same computer, is that counted as twice? or once because its the same computer?
sorry if i didn’t make much sense.
Dave
September 15, 2010 at 12:22 pm
I think that only counts as once. When I was having problems with this originally, I had to try installing the program several times before I figured out the fix.
Howard
October 13, 2010 at 7:19 am
Great but when I try to open Info.plist only textedit comes up as a choice. I cant find or open in Property list editor – how do I find this.
many thanks
Dave
October 13, 2010 at 8:01 am
You can get the Property List Editor for free by installing XCode off of your OS X install CD/DVD (or downloading XCode from Apple’s site). The application will be in /Developer/Applications/Utilities after you install XCode. You could also try using this application: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/plisteditpro.html
Howard
October 13, 2010 at 10:06 am
Thanks – that was a quick response – just did that and it worked fine.
Cheers H
alex
October 27, 2010 at 1:44 pm
text edit will work fine. Just open the file, search for “java” (no quotes). Just below it will state something like 1.5+.
delete the “+” sign and save the file.
Kait
March 15, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Hi There, this solution totally helped me last year. Any suggestions on the new version? There isn’t an easily accessible installer on v. 19.
Thanks!!
Kait
PS – The IBM guys last year directed me to your fix because they couldn’t figure it out…. Pretty depressing.
Limes
April 12, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Perfect. I made the change in Text Edit with no problem. Thank you so much! I <3 the interwebz.
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