installing lxfree

caroline · Post by **caroline** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:32 am

hi,

I just downloaded lxfree on my mac osx 10.4.11
I chose the Alternate Download (PPC/10.4)
after installing it, the installation window tells me there is nothing to open

any idea?

thank you,

caroline

Post by **admin** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:21 pm

It sounds as though you downloaded the correct version. The Intel 10.5+ version will not run on 10.4.

Did you already have LXFree installed and this is an upgrade?

There is a problem with versions of the OS X installer where it won't install because it thinks that the software is already installed. If you already had a version installed, this could be the problem.

If you did not have LXFree installed, try downloading the package again. It may have been damaged some how.

caroline · Post by **caroline** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:33 pm

it is the first time I install LXfree and as it didn't work, I tried several times to download and install it again, but no result

there may be something special to I don't know, but I don't see what

another question, is there any french user manual online ?

thank you

Post by **admin** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:03 pm

What browser are you using to download LXFree?

Does the browser launch the installer for you?

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The actual file you download is an archive called "lxfree.zip"

Safari (at least some versions) automatically expands this file to "lxfree.pkg" and then launches the installer.

Firefox generally behaves differently. It may ask to save the file or to open with... You don't want to open lxfree.zip with the installer--if that is even possible. You want to save "lxfree.zip" and then expand it to "lxfree.pkg" You should then be able to open "lxfree.pkg" with the installer.

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If you choose "Get Info" for the lxfree.pkg file, the current 10.4 package for LXFree v1.8.7 should say that it was created: Friday, January 21, 2011 11:27 AM and is 2.5 MB on disk. Checking this can give you an idea if the package was downloaded and expanded correctly.