Re: [theora] ffmpeg2theora 0.26 released

Andrew Chew <[email protected]> Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:17:32 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.multimedia.ogg.theora.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> I'm on OSX, and I previously manually installed some test builds to help with
>> testing.  Now when I go and install the official 0.26, the installer claims
>> that I have a newer version and refuse to install.  Does anyone know how I can
>> fix that?
> 
> This is a new "feature" in Mac OS 10.6. I am not even sure what it's trying
> to accomplish but it gets upset when it looks like you are trying to
> downgrade a package -even if you thought you uninstalled the newer version
> of the package.
> 
> To fix it, go to the Terminal and type:
> 
> pgkutil --packages
> 
> Look for the bundle id of the installer package that is giving you trouble
> then type:
> 
> pkgutil --forget [the installer package bundle id]
> 
> Now you should be able to install the package you want.

Awesome.  This fixes the problem.  Thanks, Chris!