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Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition refuses to install. Errors on script.

I've been trying for the past 14 hours to install Sophos for my iMac... and well, it's just not working, it's Clearly an installer script issue... I know it's a free product, but I just had to post the details to show what I'm talking about...

Here's my console's output:

11/20/11 10:53:24.645 PM Installer: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-686.2
11/20/11 10:53:24.645 PM Installer: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-530
11/20/11 10:53:24.646 PM Installer: Hardware: iMac11,3 @ 3.20 GHz (x 4), 4096 MB RAM
11/20/11 10:53:24.646 PM Installer: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
11/20/11 10:53:24.746 PM Installer: Sophos Anti-Virus Installation Log
11/20/11 10:53:24.746 PM Installer: Opened from: /Volumes/Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition OS X 10.4+/Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition.mpkg
11/20/11 10:53:38.073 PM Installer: InstallerStatusNotifications plugin loaded
11/20/11 10:54:05.306 PM Installer: ================================================================================
11/20/11 10:54:05.306 PM Installer: User picked Custom Install
11/20/11 10:54:05.306 PM Installer: Choices selected for installation:
11/20/11 10:54:05.306 PM Installer: Install: "Sophos Anti-Virus"
11/20/11 10:54:05.307 PM Installer: Install: "AutoUpdate"
11/20/11 10:54:05.307 PM Installer: Install: "Command Line Interface"
11/20/11 10:54:05.307 PM Installer: Install: "Client"
11/20/11 10:54:05.307 PM Installer: Install: "Anti-Virus"
11/20/11 10:54:05.307 PM Installer: Install: "Command Line Scanner"
11/20/11 10:54:05.307 PM Installer: Install: "Virus Data"
11/20/11 10:54:05.307 PM Installer: Install: "Immediate Scanner Finder Plugin"
11/20/11 10:54:05.307 PM Installer: Install: "On-Demand Scanner"
11/20/11 10:54:05.308 PM Installer: Install: "On-Access Scanner"
11/20/11 10:54:05.308 PM Installer: Install: "SAV Interface"
11/20/11 10:54:05.308 PM Installer: Install: "SUM Scan Kit"
11/20/11 10:54:05.308 PM Installer: Install: "Client"
11/20/11 10:54:05.308 PM Installer: Install: "Sophos Remove"
11/20/11 10:54:05.308 PM Installer: Install: "Security Libraries"
11/20/11 10:54:05.308 PM Installer: Install: "UI Server"
11/20/11 10:54:05.308 PM Installer: ================================================================================
11/20/11 10:54:05.782 PM Installer: Configuring volume "Macintosh HD"
11/20/11 10:54:05.796 PM Installer: Free space on "Macintosh HD": 816.88 GB (816884449280 bytes).
11/20/11 10:54:05.796 PM Installer: Create temporary directory "/var/folders/3b/kwhdt6bj69j2r0t32lvpcnsh0000gn/T//Install.127796aEMu"
11/20/11 10:54:05.800 PM Installer: IFPKInstallElement (19 packages)
11/20/11 10:54:05.895 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: Installer.app is not entitled for system.install.apple-software
11/20/11 10:54:05.936 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: Installer.app is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
11/20/11 10:54:05.976 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: Installer.app is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
11/20/11 10:54:05.976 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize right 'system.install.app-store-software' by client '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/installd' [1318] for authorization created by '/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app' [1277]
11/20/11 10:54:06.002 PM installd: PackageKit: ----- Begin install -----
11/20/11 10:54:19.467 PM installd: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=112 "An error occurred while running scripts from the package “SophosUI7.2.7.pkg”." UserInfo=0x7f93186c4490 {NSFilePath=./postflight, NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/Sophos%20Anti-Virus%20Home%20Edition%20OS%20X%2010.4%2B/Sophos%20Anti-Virus%20Home%20Edition.mpkg/Contents/Packages/SophosUI7.2.7.pkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=com.sophos.ui.7.2.7.installer, NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while running scripts from the package “SophosUI7.2.7.pkg”.} {
NSFilePath = "./postflight";
NSLocalizedDescription = "An error occurred while running scripts from the package \U201cSophosUI7.2.7.pkg\U201d.";
NSURL = "file://localhost/Volumes/Sophos%20Anti-Virus%20Home%20Edition%20OS%20X%2010.4%2B/Sophos%20Anti-Virus%20Home%20Edition.mpkg/Contents/Packages/SophosUI7.2.7.pkg";
PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "com.sophos.ui.7.2.7.installer";
}
11/20/11 10:54:20.023 PM Installer: Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
11/20/11 10:54:20.213 PM Installer: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

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Some assistance would be nice on this. And since the installer failed to istall the application correctly, now I can't use the unistaller to remove the application, which fails to work properly.

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  • Hi,

    Yes this installation issue is because Apple blocks (for a good reason) the installation of incompatible software on 10.7. This does affect our product, but not only our product (Apple is pretty good at testing their software with many vendors and blocks installation where the user experience could be very poor).

    You really want SAV for Mac version 7.3.0 or newer. You should be able to get the current release from our website: 

    http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx

    The current version is 7.3.5. Once you have it installed it will automatically update itself. You get data updates every few hours or more often (enhances protection against new threats, and timing depends on what is happening) and you get product updates every month with new fixes and small feature improvements.

    Hope that helps!

    :1004515
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  • Hi,

    Yes this installation issue is because Apple blocks (for a good reason) the installation of incompatible software on 10.7. This does affect our product, but not only our product (Apple is pretty good at testing their software with many vendors and blocks installation where the user experience could be very poor).

    You really want SAV for Mac version 7.3.0 or newer. You should be able to get the current release from our website: 

    http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx

    The current version is 7.3.5. Once you have it installed it will automatically update itself. You get data updates every few hours or more often (enhances protection against new threats, and timing depends on what is happening) and you get product updates every month with new fixes and small feature improvements.

    Hope that helps!

    :1004515
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