Office Update Mac 12.1.1 Cannot Install

[AURUM3]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

Hi,

Please help.

I cannot install Office Update Mac 12.1.1.
There are plenty of disk space.

Error message:
You cannot install Office 2008 12.1.1 Update on this volume. A version of the software required to install this update was not found on this volume.

I can previously install update 12.1.0

 

[Diane Ross]

I cannot install Office Update Mac 12.1.1.
There are plenty of disk space.

Error message:
You cannot install Office 2008 12.1.1 Update on this volume. A version of the
software required to install this update was not found on this volume.

I can previously install update 12.1.0

12.1.1 updater woes- a version of the software required not found

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/06/1211_updater_woes.html>

In case the above link does not work:

<http://tinyurl.com/3u83hv>

 

[Keith Kastorff]

12.1.1 updater woes- a version of the software required not found

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/06/1211_updater_woes.html>

In case the above link does not work:

<http://tinyurl.com/3u83hv>

So updating Microsoft's own Messenger app to version 7 breaks Office
updates? How lame.

 

[Dwigt]

I'm a victim of the trimmed Microsoft Office folder, as I had used Monolingual.

Office is the ONLY software that breaks compatibility because of removing Dutch localizations and such resources that had been added with previous updates while I hadn't asked for them. The 12.0 release didn't have these resources.

Will this be the same with every update or do you plan to improve compatibility? The issue seems quite common.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

see here:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/error/install_update.html#fails1>

 

[Andrew Murton]

Just had the same problem after using monolingual to strip out unwanted
language files and code. However, after spending a few minutes looking at the
update package I have been able to find an effective solution that does not
require reinstallation. Here goes:

1) Download the 12.1.1 update directly from Microsoft's Mactopia website.
2) Mount the downloaded DMG file and copy the installer to your desktop.
3) Right-click the installer and select "show package contents"
4) Navigate to Office 2008 12.1.1
Update/Contents/Resources/package_updatable and open the file in TextEdit
5) Scroll to the bottom and find the line "found_valid_version=False"
6) Change False to True
7) Then delete all the text below until the start of "if not
found_valid_version:" Making sure that line is not deleted!
8) Close the window, it will ask if you want to overwrite the file. Say yes.
9) Close the finder window and then run the installer like normal.

Hopefully it should then work. Seems the problem was with the checksum - by
deleting that the installer goes without a problem.

Hope you find that useful!