»soaked & soaped« – How to fix broken WebKit Framework after Safari 3.1 upgrade

written March 25 2008 by: Kommen
tagged with: Macosx, Safari, Webkit
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After my girlfriend upgraded to Safari 3.1 via Apple’s Software Update utility, none of the apps which use the WebKit Framework worked and kept crashing (Safari, iChat, Skype, etc.).
The really bad thing was that also the Software Update and the Application Installer itself didn’t start up after the update. So no chance to reinstall the update with a GUI.

For the case you ran into the same troubles, here is how we fixed it:

Download the Safari update from http://apple.com/safari (hopefully you have a non Webkit Browser installed like Camino or Firefox, or get the update somehow else)
Open the downloaded .dmg file
Put the .pkg-file which is contained in the .dmg-file somewhere where you can find it later (e.g your home directory)
Start up the Terminal application
Enter this command sudo installer -pkg <path-to-pkg-file> -target LocalSystem (replace <path-to-pkg-file> with the actual path to .pkg-file)
It will ask for your password. Type it in and press enter
Restart your computer when asked to do so

Permalink to this comment { Hill }: on March 25 2008 (about 16:32 PM)

can you give an example of how you typed the whole command line in.
I put the .pkg file on my desktop and its not working.
Any hints?

Permalink to this comment { Kommen }: on March 25 2008 (about 22:32 PM)

If it’s on your desktop it should look like this: <br />
<pre>sudo installer -pkg ~/Desktop/Safari31UpdLeo.pkg -target LocalSystem</pre>

It then will ask you for your password. Type it in and press enter.
Then it takes a little while. It should print out messages like ‘installation successful’ and ‘restart needed’ (I don’t remember the exact message).
Restart your computer.

Permalink to this comment { Hill }: on March 25 2008 (about 23:25 PM)

Worked like a charm? I think you should put this on Apple’s web page. You can also use a program called pacifist, to install the webkit framework from a OS X disk. Before I your comment, I used an OS X disk, specifically tiger, to repair my leopard system. Crazy huh?

Permalink to this comment { Gail }: on March 31 2008 (about 20:15 PM)

Worked great! Thanks for the example because I was missing the ~ mark before the actual path when I first tried it! Mail, Safari, iTunes and Software all work now too. I can’t believe Apple sent out an update like this one. My day is much brighter now!!

Permalink to this comment { kim jungjin }: on April 10 2008 (about 03:46 AM)

Safari31UpdLeo.pkg

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How to fix broken WebKit Framework after Safari 3.1 upgrade

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