Installer/uninstaller issue on M1 MacBook running Ventura 13.1 [solved]

[some exp(-ipi)]

I had a weird issue where I could not run the V5.20.14 installer (nor the uninstaller for my much older version of REW) on my M1 MacBook Pro running Ventura 13.1.

Double-clicking the installer (or uninstaller) icon launched the prompt indicating that install4j would run, but then it would just hang indefinitely.

The solution was to navigate (in the case of the uninstaller) to /Applications/REW/REW Uninstaller.app/Contents/MacOS on the command line and run

sudo ./JavaApplicationStub

After typing in the password, the installer launched and ran without any issues.

It seems that under the newer OS version, this is not being allowed to run from the finder even though I was logged in as an Administrator user.

Don't know if this has been described elsewhere, but might help someone else facing mysterious hangs when they try and update or uninstall the software.

 

[sam_adams]

This issue was determined to be a JVM error caused by a change to the display profile settings.

 

[some exp(-ipi)]

Ok cool thanks - sorry I missed that thread in my hasty search.

I didn't see the "sudo" workaround mentioned, so perhaps this can be helpful to someone.

 

[sixsixty]

Thanks for this. First time user here. I was having the same issue getting the freshly downloaded installer to run. Found this post and ran it as such ...

sudo /Volumes/REW/REW\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub ; exit;

 

[livnluv]

Thanks for this. First time user here. I was having the same issue getting the freshly downloaded installer to run. Found this post and ran it as such ...

sudo /Volumes/REW/REW\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub ; exit;

WOW thanks! Opened my terminal and ran your suggested command and et voila! Installed.

 

[some exp(-ipi)]

Oh great! I'm glad this helped a couple of people. Given that this seemed to be a permissions thing, sudo seemed more like a direct solution than changing the display profile settings.

 

[stjernholm]

Thanks for this. First time user here. I was having the same issue getting the freshly downloaded installer to run. Found this post and ran it as such ...

sudo /Volumes/REW/REW\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub ; exit;

You just saved another guy here!! Best solution ever posted! Now REW just need to apply it to the installer :-)

 

[stjernholm]

Oh great! I'm glad this helped a couple of people. Given that this seemed to be a permissions thing, sudo seemed more like a direct solution than changing the display profile settings.

THANKS MAN!! It was not a problem on my machine with the previous installer. It got introduced with the latest one!