- Jun 21, 2016 Installing El Capiton on an old Mac Book Pro today, I received the error: 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.
- “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.
How to fix OS X Installer Failure 'No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance' Posted by Scott on Friday, November 2. Connect to a wifi or plug in ethernet and download os x (second option I believe.) It will download and then try to install itself and then fail with no packages were eligible message with option to restart. Shut off wifi (top right) or unplug ethernet cord go to utilities -terminal- type this and only this, date. PLEASE DONATE TO MY CHANNEL IF THIS HELPS:) hope this video. Tftpd64 windows 10.
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 100220002018
The command below will output the current date in a format suitable for use on another machine:
date '+%m%d%H%M%Y.%S'
Mac Os X No Packages Were Eligible For Install
Further, the following (mouthful of a command) will let you specify a date and time in a more readable format and set it in one go: