Troubleshooting Norton Utilities 8.0: Installation will fail without BSD subsystem

When you install Mac OS X from CD, you are given the option to leave out the BSD subsystem relied upon by a number of system components and third party software. Norton Utilities 8.0 is one application that will fail to install completely if the BSD subsystem is not present.

Users attempting to install the SystemWorks 3.0 package who do not have the BSD subsystem installed receive the following message:

"You cannot install this software on this Macintosh.

Symantec's technical support department writes:

"This error will often occur when the BSD subsystem is not installed in Mac OS X 10.2.x."

In order to check if a BSD subsystem is installed on your machine, open Library/Receipts and look for the file BSD.pkg.

If the BSD.pkg file is not in the Receipts folder, then the BSD subsystem has not been installed. You must reinstall Mac OS X and install the BSD subsystem. Once you have installed the BSD subsystem, you can install Norton Utilities 8.0.

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