Installation problem; can't install anything after failed install

Hi everybody,
I have just changed computer and I tried to instal Cubase LE4 on my new macbook air running on OS X Mavericks (10.9.2).
I have encouter similar problems of others that tried the same operation on SL years ago, namely: when the installation started, it went well, but in the end it will say 'install time remaining; about a minute'. No matter how long I leave it (literally hours), the loading bar won't move an inch, even though it looks like it's loading.
Now I have to force quit to get rid of the screen.
However every time I try to install something else the problem is still there. The installer tells application says: "Waiting for other installetion to complete".
I can't install any other program.
Here's the link to the old post:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/10179535#10179535
The solution proposed on that post do not work for me unfortunately. I was wondering if anybody has some new solutions.
Thanks
Geremia

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