Office 2016 VL Serializer 2.0

[jwojda]

I followed Rich's office 2016 guide, however when I go to install it, the install.log says it failed because it couldn't find setup assistant.app

Oct 12 15:10:59 installer[5995]: PackageKit: Touched bundle /private/tmp/Microsoft Office Setup Assistant.app Oct 12 15:10:59 installd[1235]: ./postinstall: Oct 12 15:10:59 installer[5995] <Info>: PackageKit: Touched bundle /private/tmp/Microsoft Office Setup Assistant.app Oct 12 15:11:00 installer[5995]: Installed "Microsoft Office 2016 Volume License Serializer" () Oct 12 15:11:00 installd[1235]: ./postinstall: Oct 12 15:11:00 installer[5995] <Notice>: Installed "Microsoft Office 2016 Volume License Serializer" () Oct 12 15:11:00 installer[5995]: PackageKit: ----- End install ----- Oct 12 15:11:00 installer[5995]: PackageKit: 2.3s elapsed install time Oct 12 15:11:00 installd[1235]: ./postinstall: Oct 12 15:11:00 installer[5995] <Critical>: PackageKit: ----- End install ----- Oct 12 15:11:00 installd[1235]: ./postinstall: Oct 12 15:11:00 installer[5995] <Info>: PackageKit: 2.3s elapsed install time Oct 12 15:11:00 installer[5995]: Error getting application status info for file:///private/tmp/Microsoft%20Office%20Setup%20Assistant.app: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “Microsoft Office Setup Assistant.app” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo={NSURL=file:///private/tmp/Microsoft%20Office%20Setup%20Assistant.app, NSFilePath=/private/tmp/Microsoft Office Setup Assistant.app, NSUnderlyingError=0x7ff9dca000f0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"}} Oct 12 15:11:00 installd[1235]: ./postinstall: Oct 12 15:11:00 installer[5995] <Info>: Error getting application status info for file:///private/tmp/Microsoft%20Office%20Setup%20Assistant.app: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “Microsoft Office Setup Assistant.app” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo={NSURL=file:///private/tmp/Microsoft%20Office%20Setup%20Assistant.app, NSFilePath=/private/tmp/Microsoft Office Setup Assistant.app, NSUnderlyingError=0x7ff9dca000f0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"}} Oct 12 15:11:01 ushofmd311065 installer[5995]: Running install actions

[georgecm12]

It sounds like you're running the VL Serializer before any of the Office apps are installed. It needs to be installed after they've been installed.

[Anonymous]

Version 2.0 of the serializer can be run before or after installing the Office apps.

[jwojda]

it was running after via the script from @rtrouton 's blog, editing the script for filename changes of course. When I was testing last night, I was pushed the install via C. Remote but no user was logged in. I wouldn't think that would make a difference, but I was about to try again with the user logged in.

#!/bin/bash

# Determine working directory

install_dir=`dirname $0`

# Install unlicensed Office 2016

/usr/sbin/installer -dumplog -verbose -pkg $install_dir/"Microsoft_Office_2016_Installer.pkg" -target "$3"

# Install Office 2016 Volume License Serializer

/usr/sbin/installer -dumplog -verbose -pkg $install_dir/"Microsoft_Office_2016_VL_Serializer.pkg" -target "$3"

exit 0

[jwojda · Accepted solution]

It was in fact working, I was misinterpreting the prompt.