In addition to this problem with installing Office 2008 on a non-startup disk, I've had an issue where for one user the Office Setup Assistant will never advance past the page where it requests contact info -- no matter how many times you hit Continue. There are no apparent errors, and I could find no postings about this on the internet. Then on the MacCast podcast this week, about 40 minutes in, caller Dave describes a solution to this vexing issue. I wanted to get it in black and white for people to find more easily.
It seems this is an issue related to permissions or accessibility of the ~/Documents folder. In Dave's case, the Office installer had set the ownership wrong on this folder, and in my case, there was a broken symbolic link to this folder. Either way, the Setup Assistant couldn't access the folder, but didn't complain about it.
I fixed the broken link, and all was well again. If you're having similar issues, make sure in the Finder (with Get Info) or Terminal (ls -l) whether you have read/write permission for your ~/Documents folder, and you should be able to get past this problem. Much thanks to Adam Christianson and Dave at the MacCast for finding this solution.
It seems this is an issue related to permissions or accessibility of the ~/Documents folder. In Dave's case, the Office installer had set the ownership wrong on this folder, and in my case, there was a broken symbolic link to this folder. Either way, the Setup Assistant couldn't access the folder, but didn't complain about it.
I fixed the broken link, and all was well again. If you're having similar issues, make sure in the Finder (with Get Info) or Terminal (ls -l) whether you have read/write permission for your ~/Documents folder, and you should be able to get past this problem. Much thanks to Adam Christianson and Dave at the MacCast for finding this solution.
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