- How Do You Fix No Packages Were Eligible For Install
- Os X Cannot Be Installed No Packages Were Eligible
- No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X
“No packages were eligible for install” is a message that appears when attempting to install OS X El Capitan on older macs. MacBooks are a very popular purchase in Melbourne and around Australia so it is important to understand the reasoning behind why this message appears. Simply put, if your Mac isn’t old enough to run the latest El Capitan operating system then it won’t install. My end goal was to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra. I read online that one must upgrade to OS X 10.11 before upgrading to macOS 10.13 if one is starting from OS X 10.6. This upgrade route did not work for me no matter how many solutions I attempted.
OS X could not be installed on your computer.
No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again
Oh dear… When trying to install OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) you may encounter this message. This happens because the the installer certificates are no longer valid when checked against the clock of your mac.
Don’t panic though as this is easily fixed using Terminal, so don’t restart immediately.
- Click Utilities on the menu bar
- Select Terminal
- Type date 062112422016
- Exit Terminal
- Click Restart
When you restart the mac and try the installer again it will now believe the certificates are valid and will continue as it should.
If you ever get this error while attempting to install OS X, you will likely need to set the date using terminal.
The simplest way to set it (if you have no OS installed on the machine) is to boot the install media, open the terminal and check the date (type date). The following information was found on someones site (sorry I forget which), but I have included it here to make it easier to correct this issue.
Use the following command in terminal to set the machine to a time and date of your choosing:
date {month}{day}{hour}{minute}{year}
For example, to set it to 8pm on the 2nd October 2018
date 100220002018The command below will output the current date in a format suitable for use on another machine:
date '+%m%d%H%M%Y.%S'