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#107 Does Applejack Restore Languages after being removed?

Kristofer Widholm — Wed, 02 May 2018 09:02:05 -0000

status: open --> closed
Group: --> 1.2

#107 Does Applejack Restore Languages after being removed?

Kristofer Widholm — Wed, 02 May 2018 09:01:40 -0000

No. AppleJack does not restore language packs that have been deleted.

#117 Applejack and OS X El Capitan VM

James Back — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:53:41 -0000

Oooh, I'd really appreciate an update, too. Haven't found any other way to clear system caches as easy to use as Applejack!

BTW, will running v1.6 do any harm on a macOS Sierra system?

Thanks!

#112 Applejack won't run

Kristofer Widholm — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:15:35 -0000

This is wrong. You should not be getting 'command not found' on these:

sudo ls -al /var/root/Library/Scripts/applejack.sh
—> command not found
sudo grep applejack /var/root/Library/Scripts/applejack.sh
—> command not found

I would be amazed if you didn't have ls or grep installed.

Also, did you run echo $SHELL when you were in single user mode or just in terminal? In single user mode you should have seen /bin/zsh, not /bin/sh.

But most importantly, it looks like the shell alias that applejack installs in /var/root/Library/Scripts/.profile is blown. I would reinstall applejack. Or I would manually edit /var/root/Library/Scripts/.profile and add these lines to the file:

alias applejack='/var/root/Library/Scripts/applejack.sh #AppleJack Installer echo "" #AppleJack Installer echo "For troubleshooting assistance, just type 'applejack' at the prompt" #AppleJack Installer

But just re-install. Closing this out again.

#112 Applejack won't run

Kristofer Widholm — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 01:29:13 -0000

When I’m in single-user mode and I type applejack, it tells me
-sh: applejack: command not found

This indicates applejack has either not correctly been installed, or, if it has been installed, something happened later which broke it.

You can check if it is installed correctly by opening your terminal and running this command:

$ sudo ls -al /var/root/Library/Scripts/applejack.sh
You should see a file listing. If not, applejack is not installed, or something removed it later.

The second part of the installation that must be in place is that if you do:
$ sudo grep applejack /var/root/Library/Scripts/applejack.sh

you should see output with this in it:
alias applejack='/var/root/Library/Scripts/applejack.sh

You should also have files in the following locations:
/usr/share/man/man8/applejack.8 /Library/Documentation/AppleJack

If everything is properly installed and you stil are getting the "command not found" error, perhaps your root user in single user mode is not set up to use the right shell (I believe it's zsh). In single user mode you can do echo $SHELL to see what shell your root user is using.

If you shell is not properly set up, and thus not able to read your alias in the .profile, you can execute applejack like so instead: /var/root/Library/Scripts/applejack.sh

Hope that helps.

#112 Applejack won't run

Bill Ryan — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:20:44 -0000

I have what may be a very similar problem. I run OS 10.6.8 and applejack will NOT run. I use it on a second 10.6.8 machine and it works perfectly, and I'm very familiar with it. I'm certain I've installed it correctly from the DMG. When I’m in single-user mode and I type applejack, it tells me

-sh: applejack: command not found

#105 After install, Mac won't boot.

apta — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:12:35 -0000

I ran AppleJack 1.6 on 10.11 (El Capitan) to clear caches and repair the drive. Afterwards I could not boot up either normally nor safe mode. Booting up in visual mode (hold Cmd-V) revealed that the FIPS test failed. That was the end as I didn't want to go through the hoops of disabling FIPS. I booted up from the Recovery drive and re-installed the OS and all was fine again.

Applejack and OS X El Capitan VM

James Back — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:16:56 -0000

Hi,

Could you update Applejack so it'll handle the new VM scheme? It apparently can't find the correct folder in v 1.6, requires a 'return' to accept the default.

Thanks!

#116 AppleJack won't start up.

Kristofer Widholm — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 20:40:33 -0000

AppleJack is unsupported past Mac OS X 10.6.8. I'm not sure if the installer works on any later version, though it appears as though installation is not blocked by the installer and parts of it seem to complete.

If you open a terminal window and type ls -l /var/root/Library/Scripts do you see applejack.sh in the listed output?

AppleJack won't start up.

Al Mardeuse — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 02:28:01 -0000

Printed out the READ ME file.
Followed step by step.

I reinstalled AJ with customized procedure. Installtion OK.

Item 1 of AJ usage- type ‘man applejack’ in terminal window for complete usage instructions.
did not work

item 2 of AJ usage- restart to single user mode.
Done. Proper screen came up. Typed ‘applejack’ at the prompt got “could not be
found" error message.

checked library/documentaion/applejack/ it contained the readme file and the gnu license agreement.

Your program came highly recommended by a friend; he thought it might clean up a problem I am having. I lost he menu that comes up when I right click the mouse on a file.

What can I do?

Thanks for any help!