OS X (or macOS) El Capitan offers two installation methods. In this guide, we'll focus on the 'clean install' method. It replaces the contents of a selected volume with a new, pristine version of El Capitan (10.11). Jul 06, 2016 Unibeast 6.2.0 - installed USB drive makes it into the installer and shows '13 minutes' at beginning. About 5 seconds later, the subject text appears along with 'No eligible packages found.' Re-downloaded a fresh copy of 'Install OS X El Capitan' from the App Store, re-ran Unibeast 6.2.0 on an. Apr 14, 2020 Unable to install El Capitan: 'No packages were eligible for install 0 25 solution to this is to download el Capitain in recovery mode, once it downloads it will restart and then ask you to continue to proceed to install. Oct 24, 2019 OS X El Capitan remains available for Mac computers that can't upgrade to macOS Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, or Sierra, or that need to upgrade to El Capitan first. Open the Applications folder on your Mac, then double-click the file named Install OS X El Capitan. Click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions. You might find it. Oct 01, 2015 This entry was posted in Troubleshooting and tagged 10.11, El Capitan, OS X, OS X 10.11 on October 1, 2015 by Topher Kessler. Post navigation ← Reasons to both install and avoid OS X 10.11 El Capitan Fix package managers not working after installing El Capitan →.
- No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X El Capitan
- No Packages Eligible For Install El Capitan Without App Store
Installing El Capiton on an old Mac Book Pro today, I received the error:
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.
I checked Apple’s support Matrix (it is a very old macbook pro) at https://support.apple.com/kb/SP728?locale=en_GB and it was listed as supported.
No Packages Were Eligible For Install Os X El Capitan
After lots of Googling and investigation, I discovered that the date and time were not set to current, the macbook thought it was year 2000.
You can easily reset the time and date by following the steps below:
- Click Utilities on the menu bar
- Select Terminal
- Type date
- Confirm the date is wrong
- Type date 062112422016 (example: June 21st 12:42 2016)
- Exit terminal
- Click Restart
![Packages Packages](https://i.stack.imgur.com/78zNm.jpg)
Once the Date and time are configured you will be able to install OS X.
No Packages Eligible For Install El Capitan Without App Store
Easy fix, for a ridiculous error!