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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 installds1235]: ./postinstall: Oct 12 15:11:00 installert5995] <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 installer65995]: Running install actions

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.

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

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

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

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