Sometimes I installed a new El Capitan on a new hard drive and needed to reinstall software like MS Office and I got problem of installing “The installer could not install the software because there was no software found to install.” It doesn’t matter what I did, I couldn’t install the software. Please watch version 2 of this video here: the 'install failed' and 'No packages were eligible for install'. Jul 23, 2014 I formatted my PC by erasing all data from disk utility (cmd - R from boot up) and tried to re-install OS X to install beta 4 version. But I get the message mentioned in the title and could not install an OS on my machine. I am downloading mavericks app from the app store from a different machine to install mavericks again. Once this is done, you have successfully installed OS X El Capitan. Method 3: Upgrade through Safe Mode. Finally, if the above solutions do not work out for you, what you can do is download and install the operating system in macOS Safe Mode. This is only for the users that are trying to upgrade from their current version to El Capitan.
El Capitan Could Not Be Installed In China
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 This happens because the the installer certificates are no longer valid when checked against the clock of your mac.
El Capitan Cannot Be Installed On Macintosh Hd
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.