ppc failed inexplicably

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download the PPC binary to my computer 
2. Install it via clicking :P

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected success message.
Got instead "Installation failed--unable to install some files in /" [or
something similar]

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
OSX 10.5, PPC

Please provide any additional information below.
some have reported that using port works.
 sudo port install git-core

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rogerpack2005 on 4 Apr 2008 at 4:50

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that error actually isn't indicative that it failed all together.  I'm still 
not sure why it shows, but I just saw it show 
up on another computer, and the install actually worked perfectly.


... strange :)

Original comment by timchar...@gmail.com on 4 Apr 2008 at 5:56

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The port is a bit older. Can you see if it installed on your computer? What 
happens if you type 'git --version' in 
Terminal.app?

Original comment by gchesh...@gmail.com on 4 Apr 2008 at 6:18

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Roger went ahead and installed git via macports... so the thing to check would 
be if:

/usr/local/git/bin/git runs

Original comment by timchar...@gmail.com on 4 Apr 2008 at 6:28

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yeah the port install worked.  Apparently there's a work around tim put up on 
his
blog
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TimTheEnchanter/~3/264616384/git-os-x-installer-i
s-official.html

Original comment by rogerpack2005 on 7 Apr 2008 at 10:07

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I got this same error when I installed it on my ppc using a non admin account. 
When I
swapped over to my admin account it did not show the message. But git is still 
not on
the path. Off to sort that out now.

Original comment by simonlu...@gmail.com on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:41

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Does this help?
May  7 23:51:36 Kochs-PowerBook pkgExtractor[65595]: BomFileError 13: 
Permission denied - ///._cplibs.sh

the rest of the log is in attach.

Original comment by paulo.k...@gmail.com on 7 May 2008 at 10:53

Attachments:

• [Installer Log 7-mai-2008.txt](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/git-osx-installer/issue-4/comment-6/Installer Log 7-mai-2008.txt)

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I just found out all files seem to be in place, in spite the installation 
failure.
As pointed out in 
http://tim.theenchanter.com/2008/04/git-os-x-installer-is-official.html
Quote:
"set PATH and MANPATH in your environment to include /usr/local/git/bin and 
/usr/local/git/man, respectively"
Works as advertised.

Original comment by paulo.k...@gmail.com on 7 May 2008 at 11:02

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Original comment by timchar...@gmail.com on 12 Jun 2009 at 5:01

• Changed state: WontFix