[Blackwidow74]

hi no matter what i do i keep getting main script execution failed when i try to download certain apps or update certain apps like caterpillar,etc.... i used pwnage on 1.1.4 firmware then symlinked the applications folder to var/mobile/Applications. it seems like that is what`s causing the problem. i even tried reinstalling bsd subsystem and get main script execution failed also. can some1 please help. i think alot of people have been having the same issue. also i have 108 apps in my applications folder.after caterpiller failed i launched it and it says : insufficient permissions the installer was launchedwith insufficient permissions. please reinstall it using installer.app and try again(not running as root or not setuid root) thanx

well this guide will solve all the installer problems. http://sleepers.net/blog/?page_id=25
it worked right after. i installed caterpillar fine then restarted and tried another app and get the error. what`s the problem?

when i run it from terminal this is the output:

# /Applications/Installer.app/Installer
2008-04-08 15:26:54.484 Installer[102:d03] ATInstaller: Initializing...
2008-04-08 15:26:54.496 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Initializing...
2008-04-08 15:28:30.941 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Queued package "Capture" for operation "Install".
2008-04-08 15:28:30.958 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Perfoming operation "Install" on package "Capture"...
2008-04-08 15:28:31.005 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Status: Downloading package...
2008-04-08 15:28:31.036 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Queue was put on hold.
2008-04-08 15:28:34.036 Installer[102:d03] ATDownloader: Downloaded package to: /var/mobile/Library/Installer/Temp/capture0.1.0-6.zip
2008-04-08 15:28:34.092 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Status: Checking package...
2008-04-08 15:28:34.149 Installer[102:d03] ATDownloader: Package downloaded successfully.
2008-04-08 15:28:34.151 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Perfoming operation "Install" on package "Capture"...
2008-04-08 15:28:34.154 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Status: Checking package...
2008-04-08 15:28:34.200 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Status: Running preflight...
2008-04-08 15:28:34.213 Installer[102:d03] ATScript: Running script, dialect is: 300
2008-04-08 15:28:34.231 Installer[102:d03] Executing script instruction: If with arguments (
((FirmwareVersionIs, ("1.0.0", "1.0.1", "1.0.2", "1.1.1", "1.1.2"))),
(
(
AbortOperation,
"This is only required on 1.1.3 or newer where user is mobile."
)
)
)
2008-04-08 15:28:34.235 Installer[102:d03] ATScript: Running script, dialect is: 300
2008-04-08 15:28:34.240 Installer[102:d03] Executing script instruction: FirmwareVersionIs with arguments (("1.0.0", "1.0.1", "1.0.2", "1.1.1", "1.1.2"))
2008-04-08 15:28:34.262 Installer[102:d03] ATPackageManager: Status: Installing package...
2008-04-08 15:28:34.270 Installer[102:d03] ATScript: Running script, dialect is: 300
2008-04-08 15:28:34.282 Installer[102:d03] Executing script instruction: CopyPath with arguments ("Capture.app/", "/Applications/Capture.app")
2008-04-08 15:28:34.285 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Copying compressed path: Capture.app >> /Applications/Capture.app
2008-04-08 15:28:34.296 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting folder: Capture.app/ >> /Applications/Capture.app
2008-04-08 15:28:34.302 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/Capture >> /Applications/Capture.app/Capture
2008-04-08 15:28:34.335 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/Default.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/Default.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.728 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/Info.plist >> /Applications/Capture.app/Info.plist
2008-04-08 15:28:34.741 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/PkgInfo >> /Applications/Capture.app/PkgInfo
2008-04-08 15:28:34.753 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/background.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/background.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.795 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/button_black.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/button_black.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.807 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/button_black_pressed.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/button_black_pressed.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.819 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/button_orange.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/button_orange.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.832 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/button_orange_pressed.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/button_orange_pressed.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.849 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/button_red.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/button_red.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.864 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/button_red_pressed.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/button_red_pressed.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.880 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/floatbackground.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/floatbackground.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.894 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/icon.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/icon.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.909 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/logo-2.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/logo-2.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.922 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/logo.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/logo.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.935 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/overlay.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/overlay.png
2008-04-08 15:28:34.991 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/tableBackground.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/tableBackground.png
2008-04-08 15:28:35.005 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting file: Capture.app/thumb_bg.png >> /Applications/Capture.app/thumb_bg.png
2008-04-08 15:28:35.049 Installer[102:d03] Executing script instruction: CopyPath with arguments ("capture/", "/usr/local/bin/capture")
2008-04-08 15:28:35.052 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Copying compressed path: capture >> /usr/local/bin/capture
2008-04-08 15:28:35.094 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Extracting folder: capture/ >> /usr/local/bin/capture
2008-04-08 15:28:35.100 Installer[102:d03] ATUnpacker: Could not extract folder, aborting operation!

[christoforo]

Main execution script failed -
Are you seeing this on every package? Installer 3 added queuing. Clear your queue. When you try to install or uninstall something, it stays in queue. If it fails it stays in the queue until it’s removed or it succeeds. Each time you try to install another package, the failed one will run again and you will likely get the same error. Clear the queue and try installing something else and it may work.
Depending on how you installed installer, it may not have the proper permissions. To operate correctly on 1.1.3/4 or newer, it needs to be owned by root and have 6755 attributes. You can use SSH or SCP to make sure that the permissions are correct. In SSH type:
chmod +s /Applications/Installer.app/Installer
chown -R root:wheel /Applications/Installer.app
how do you put that in winscp

[Blackwidow74]

i did all of that and it still doesn`t work. the only thing i can think of is when i manually symlinked the applications folder. does bosstool relocate the apps on 1.1.4? i could install apps fine before i ran out of space. i restored twice already because of this and the apps that error now won`t error until i symlink the folder. any thoughts?

[chicocvenancio]

I had a similar problem.... remember to set group and owner to root:wheel on the symlink and the actual folder...

[Shinner23]

Originally Posted by chicocvenancio

I had a similar problem.... remember to set group and owner to root:wheel on the symlink and the actual folder...

how do you do that via WINscp?