Alright so at this moment my Mac only boots in recovery mode and I need to install a package (.pkg) before attempting to reinstall the OS. The package is located on a usb drive named "Package".
I have been looking into several ways to do this but so far had no luck.
I tried running the installer command through terminal:
installer -pkg /Volumes/Package/FirmwareUpdate.pkg -target /
But got an error claiming the install failed because the installer can't create the folder "//Install.6733yhGK6"
I also tried directing the target to Applications as so:
installer -pkg /Volumes/Package/FirmwareUpdate.pkg -target /Applications/
But only get "Error trying to locate volume at /Applications/"
Can anyone help me?
Best Answer
I haven't tried installing a package from Recovery, so this might not be the entire solution, but I've spotted something for you to try differently:
When you're in recovery,
/is the root of the Recovery volume, not your own Mac's volumes. Recovery volumes are read only and you can't install things to that, not that I think you're wanting to anyway.In recovery, your normal volumes are mounted to folders within
/Volumes/. List that folder (ls /Volumes) to see the names of the volumes that are mounted, and choose the correct volume for-target.