So I copied over CS4 from my old macbook to my new macbook just a straight copy and something went wrong (probably cuz i copied it) and it didn't work. So i trashed it (first mistake) and tried to re-install, however i keep getting this message "The installer database is invalid: please re-install the product from the original media" I downloaded the DMG file from adobe for the trial and figured I'd just put my serial number in on that one, but i get the same error. So i did a search and found some adobe files and i tried deleting them but to no avail. I also deleted the folder /library/application support/adobe and that didn't work either! I've ran the adobe cs4 cleanup utility and it doesn't find anything... Does anyone know how to fix this! It's getting really annoying!
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Problem with photoshop CS4 please help!
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I would go to a terminal and do:
Then any path having to do with adobe? rm -rf it
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locate cs4It comes up with this
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/Developer/usr/X11/share/man/man3/FcUcs4ToUtf8.3.gz
/Developer/usr/X11/share/man/man3/FcUtf16ToUcs4.3.gz
/Developer/usr/X11/share/man/man3/FcUtf8ToUcs4.3.gz
/private/tmp/ics4344
/private/tmp/ics4370
/private/tmp/ics4633
/private/tmp/ics4797
/usr/X11/share/man/man3/FcUcs4ToUtf8.3.gz
/usr/X11/share/man/man3/FcUtf16ToUcs4.3.gz
/usr/X11/share/man/man3/FcUtf8ToUcs4.3.gzok locate adobe and locate CS4 came up with a TON of stuff, do i really need to read every file looking for the rm -rf thing? or is there an easier way?
lol, no, you are supposed to rm -rf each path that is relavent to Adobe...
Throw it into a pipe.
WARNING! BAD IDEA ALERT!
If you want to be brave, you can trust the paths and go to
Throw it into a pipe.
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locate Adobe | rmWARNING! BAD IDEA ALERT!
If you want to be brave, you can trust the paths and go to
Code:
locate Adobe | rm -rfsorry, I know hardly anything about terminal commands
so this is what came up when i did locate Adobe | rm
so this is what came up when i did locate Adobe | rm
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usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
unlink filethe command I gave, the | passes the paths returned by locate to rm -rf which means remove directories recusively and forcefully without asking..
Commands like that can erase things you didn't mean to and without a backup to restore to can leave you in a bad mood with a COMPLETELY hosed OS.
So if you are not a Terminal person, ignore EVERYTHING I said.
Someone help this poor man, lol
Commands like that can erase things you didn't mean to and without a backup to restore to can leave you in a bad mood with a COMPLETELY hosed OS.
So if you are not a Terminal person, ignore EVERYTHING I said.
Someone help this poor man, lol
The troll in me wants to see you do that command and get whacked by it and allow me to laugh my butt off at your mad rant post.
The good guy says ignore that command, it was a bad idea to post anyhow.
I do have a backup, however i'm moving on friday and it's packed up and i would prefer not to get it out of the box lol, but if i must, i must. I wish I knew more about terminal, however i'm not a self teacher.
any other tips?
p.s. i did repair permissions with disk utility and drive genius 2 as well
I would e-mail Adobe support.
The only other tip I can give you is try from Terminal
locate CS4
If all that comes up is Adobe CS4 stuff, not system files, you can try
locate CS4 | rm -rf
See if that works.... but be prepared to use a backup. most of my plans backfire
The only other tip I can give you is try from Terminal
locate CS4
If all that comes up is Adobe CS4 stuff, not system files, you can try
locate CS4 | rm -rf
See if that works.... but be prepared to use a backup. most of my plans backfire
it didn't seem to do anything.. I ran the code as you said above and it doesn't do anything. so i ran locate CS4 again and it came up with all the same stuff as before
May BOFH have mercy on my soul....
Again, warning about this, it's a dumb idea, but I'd do it to my Os, so...
Again, warning about this, it's a dumb idea, but I'd do it to my Os, so...
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sudo "locate CS4 | rm -rf"nothing! man this is annoying...
my only other idea is to recopy CS4 over from my old computer, like before, and then run an uninstall
-.-
Well yes, that would be a good idea now wouldn't it.
-slams door in OP's face-
JK, but really, I'd try that now...
haha yes, I don't have time now because it's getting late, but i will do that first thing in the morning and post back!
thanks for your attempted help! haha
So i copied it over and tried to uninstall to no avail... I get the same error message as before.