Installer hangs at "preparing for installation"

I have a Mac Pro with OS X 10.8.4 installed.
If I want to use the installer to install software it just hangs at "Preparing for Installation"
This appears to be the case with any type of software install. Only way out is to Force Quit from Installer.
Can any one help?

What happens if you try starting in Safe Mode and running the installer, does the problem still occur?
Restart holding the "shift" key.
(Expect it to take longer to start this way because it runs a directory check first.)

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    - Find and check original documentation, release notes. ( They really aren't that bad most of the time, and a DBA needs to do this, at least sometimes they are clearer and better than some guides, once you know where look. Part of the certification journey should be practicing doing this ).
    - The DBA should be prepared to read his installation documentation and release notes carefully, and respect version pre-requisites ( or prepare for a life of service outages ).
    Some Links:
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/index.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/ginnydbinstallonlinux6-1845247.html
    http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/portal.portal_db?selected=11&frame=
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/linux/index-099698.html
    ... This should really be on one of the forums mentioned, but perhaps it useful for other certification googlers to checkout information Oracle itself actually provides through itself rather than relying on guides. The links and associated links have varying levels of authority

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