Pkg files started to look as unrecognizable file formats

Pkg files started to look as unrecognizable file all of a sudden. Nothing in particular happen. Not a freeze or anything. I just can't open them and use installers. I can extract them,though, on my desktop. This will produce an unusable, in terms of actually figuring out how to install anything, folder.

I think you're confusing two different things. If you attached PDF files and one of them displayed the PDF icon in the message window, that means it was more than one page. If you saw what appeared to be the actual document for the other PDF file, that means it's only one page and it's normal for it to display that way.
However, I seem to recall there may (or should) be a button at the bottom-right of the message window that allows you to display those files as icons, even if they're one page. If not, there's a third-party addition you can use to add that feature:
http://lokiware.info/Attachment-Tamer

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I am near the end of the process of setting up my new Mac Pro (early 2009) eight core. Quite the wonderful difference from my "Mirror Drive Door" dual 1.25 GHz machine!
The Mac Pro came with Mac OS X 10.6.2 installed. I updated this to 10.6.6 via Software Update along with a slew of other updates presented there. I downloaded and installed a bunch of software. Finally, I was ready to install iLife 11 from the "CPU Drop-in" DVD that was on top of the box when the computer was originally unpacked.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't even begin the install. The "iLife.mpkg" file, when double-clicked, returned the error message "no application associated with this document". Hours of investigation reveals that NO .mpkg or .pkg file will open; doing a "get info" on the files reveals that those files have lost their link to the Installer app.
AND since the only installer I can find is hidden in /usr/sbin, there is no way I can re-link .mpkg and .pkg files to it via "get info".
I downloaded Pacifist and used it to open the "Mac OS X 10.6.6 Combo" package and re-installed the Combo updater. Much to my surprise, that didn't fix the linking issue.
I've logged in as root, but still can't re-link the package files to the Installer as /usr/ is still hidden. Is there a way I can temporarily "un-hide" the /usr directory so that "get info; open with" can see it?
I've started from the Mac OS X installer DVD and repaired permissions on the hard disk and "repaired" the hard disk. No luck there either.
I did a clean install of Mac OS X 10.6.2 to a different hard drive and applied the combo updater and the packages worked as expected there. So some software I installed or by running a slew of updaters via Software Update broke the link between packages and the Installer.
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Short of doing a complete Mac OS X 10.6 re-installation and update and having to re-do several days of other software installations and data transfers, I'm hoping someone will offer some solutions or tips on how to solve my problem.
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Thanks for the reply. I know I had previously checked for the missing installer in /System/Library/CoreServices/ and I rechecked and it's still not there. But your tip spurred me to check the test 10.6.6 installation on the other hard disk and yes! It's there!
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Is it necessary to have the pkg files for Anyconnect VPN on the firewall

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I have an ASA 5505 and we are using Anyconnect client to connect to our VPN not the "Clientless" method.
Well, I don't have so much space on the flash and I need it for an upgrade of the ASA image.
So, do I must have the .pkg file for the Anyconnect? I also have a file "csd_3.5.2008-k9.pkg" for Secure Desktop, we are not using that, is it safe to remove that file from the flash?
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Marcus

Marcus
If you are not using Secure Desktop then it should certainly be safe to remove its file from flash. I am less clear about the implications of removing the AnyConnect pkg file. I know that the ASA wants to check any incoming connection to see if the incoming request is at least as new as the version running on the ASA. I am not clear whether it needs the file to be in flash to be successful. And it certainly means that if anyone wanted to load the AnyConnect client or upgrade the version of the AnyConnect client that it would not work. I encourage you to look for some other way to free up space in flash.
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Can't Install: Final Cut Pro GREYED OUT... and no ProMediaIO.pkg file. ??

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tx,
e

What Tom said.
Alternatively, you may control-click the application and choose "Open" - this should present a dialog warning but allow you to proceed.
This should only be necessary each time you start a given application *for the first time*. In the future, a mere double-click or any other standard method of starting the application will work.

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I think that any file with a .pkg extension should normally show the "yellow box" icon, regardless of the file's contents. A non-custom icon comes from the application that a file is set to open with, which here should normally be Installer.app.
I would check to see if your system displays other .pkg files normally as the "yellow box." If you don't have a different .pkg file handy, you could download a small support .dmg from Apple and mount it, just to look at the icon on the contained .pkg (don't actually run it!)
Here's such a tiny download
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1505
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Cannot open .pkg files in OS X 10.4.11 or run installer

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Hi, and a warm welcome to the forums!
You'll get better/more personal help by starting a new topic...
http://discussions.apple.com/post!default.jspa?forumID=758

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There are alternatives to M$ Office on the iPad.
Look at the Rccharles answer on this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6033082?tstart=0
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Replacing .pkg files to fix "Error: No valid packages"

Hi all -
I've just learned the hard way that I'm not supposed to delete files from the Receipts folder.
I've done my due diligence, so I know that I need to replace at least "BaseSystem.pkg", but I have questions;
Is it ok, if I'm running 10.4.9, to copy it from my other mac running 10.3.9?
Should I try to replace the other .pkg files I deleted?
Should I just copy the whole Receipts folder?
What'll happen if I get packages I didn't have before, or that don't match the versions of the apps they're supposed to be associated with?
Sorry for all the questions, just want to be certain so I don't have to learn any more lessons the hard way.
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Hi Dennis
my basesystem.pkg is specific to the 10.4 Tiger that was originally installed on my iMac G5 - numerous updates have not altered it.
I'll happily let you have a copy of my Tiger basesystem.pkg file - just email me.
What issues came up for you after deleting the files?
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What exactly ARE the .pkg files that collect in the 'Receipts' folder?

Hi there all.
Those .pkg files that collect in HDD>Library>Receipts. What exactly ARE these packages for? How do they tie in with Disk Utility's 'Repair permissions' option? Why do we need to keep them?
It's all Unix to me ;0)

I used to delete .pkg files after I'd installed an application. I thought i was just the electronic equivalent of throwing away the empty box after I'd bought something.
The "cardboard box" icon encouraged me to think that.
Then someone said you should never throw away those.pkg files.
So I stopped.
But the only thing that has ever happened is that during permissions repair, I get a few lines here and there that say "could not repair permissions".
I have experienced no other problems of any kind over about the last 2 years. All applications running normally, nothing weird happening.

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Can I delete Receipts.pkg files? For Permissions repair, verify first?

I recently read that all *.bom (/Library/Receipts/boms/*.bom) files should be preserved so Mac os x knows what files an installer put into which location. But what about those large .pkg files (/Library/Receipts/*.pkg)? Those take up more than half a GB on my drive. Can I just dump all the *.pkg files?
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Can I just dump all the *.pkg files?
If you do then Software Update will be confused and Permissions Repair will be damaged. So, don’t.
No you don’t have to verify before repairing Permissions.
Regards
TD

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