Unable to install any packages - Kextcache Error 71

[serum67]

I am unable to install packages that require authorization. Here is the log file I receive

Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-735
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-614
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Hardware: MacPro3,1 @ 3.50 GHz (x 8), 16384 MB RAM
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: TMPDIR=/var/folders/qs/x90r4_rs28lf8q3nwl0gqsl80000gn/T/
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: HOME=/Users/designmac
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: USER=designmac
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: LOGNAME=designmac
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-L64nax/Listeners
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: Apple_Ubiquity_Message=/tmp/launch-ULsy4v/Apple_Ubiquity_Message
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-MPRcuA/Render
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: SteerMouse Installation Log
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Opened from: /Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg
Nov 17 15:52:53 localhost Installer[526]: Product archive /Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg trustLevel=202
Nov 17 15:52:57 localhost Installer[526]: InstallerStatusNotifications plugin loaded
Nov 17 15:53:03 localhost runner[531]: Administrator authorization granted.
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: ================================================================================
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: User picked Standard Install
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Choices selected for installation:
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Install: "SteerMouse"
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Install: "SteerMouse"
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse.pkg : jp.plentycom.SteerMouse.pkg.driver : 1.0
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse-1.pkg : jp.plentycom.SteerMouse.pkg.app : 1.0
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse-2.pkg : jp.plentycom.SteerMouse.pkg.prefpane : 1.0
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: ================================================================================
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: It took 0.00 seconds to summarize the package selections.
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: location = file://localhost
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse%20Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse.pkg
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse%20Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse-1.pkg
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse%20Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse-2.pkg
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Set authorization level to root for session
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Will use PK session
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Starting installation:
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Configuring volume "Macintosh HD"
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Preparing disk for local booted install.
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Free space on "Macintosh HD": 61.19 GB (61188329472 bytes).
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Create temporary directory "/var/folders/qs/x90r4_rs28lf8q3nwl0gqsl80000gn/T//Install.526p5D351"
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: IFPKInstallElement (3 packages)
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost Installer[526]: Using authorization level of root for IFPKInstallElement
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost installd[535]: installd: Starting
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost installd[535]: installd: uid=0, euid=0
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: ----- Begin install -----
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: request=PKInstallRequest <3 packages, destination=/>
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: packages=(
"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse%20Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse.pkg>",
"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse%20Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse-1.pkg>",
"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse%20Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse-2.pkg>"
)
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse%20Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root/System/Library/Extensions, uid=0)
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse%20Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse-1.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root/Applications/Utilities, uid=0)
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/SteerMouse/SteerMouse%20Installer.app/Contents/Resources/SteerMouse.pkg#steermouse-2.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root/Library/PreferencePanes, uid=0)
Nov 17 15:53:05 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: update_dyld_shared_cache -overlay /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root
Nov 17 15:53:06 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: prevent user idle system sleep
Nov 17 15:53:06 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: suspending Spotlight indexing
Nov 17 15:53:06 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: suspending backupd
Nov 17 15:53:06 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: Executing script "./preinstall" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.m6Oj4H/Scripts/jp.plentycom.SteerMouse.pkg.driver.o3hhwG
Nov 17 15:53:06 localhost install_monitor[541]: Temporarily excluding: /Applications, /Library, /System, /bin, /private, /sbin, /usr
Nov 17 15:53:06 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: Executing script "./preinstall" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.m6Oj4H/Scripts/jp.plentycom.SteerMouse.pkg.app.tsaO9Q
Nov 17 15:53:06 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: Executing script "./preinstall" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.m6Oj4H/Scripts/jp.plentycom.SteerMouse.pkg.prefpane.R40PTc
Nov 17 15:53:06 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: Shoving /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root (3 items) to /
Nov 17 15:53:06 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: kextcache -system-caches
Nov 17 15:53:07 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: kextcache -update-volume / -Installer
Nov 17 15:53:10 localhost installd[535]: kextcache: kxld[com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224]: The vtable 'vtable for AirPort_Brcm43224' is malformed. Make sure your kext has been built against the correct headers.
Nov 17 15:53:10 localhost installd[535]: kextcache: kxld[com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224]: The vtable 'vtable for AirPort_Brcm43224' is malformed. Make sure your kext has been built against the correct headers.
Nov 17 15:53:10 localhost installd[535]: kextcache: Link failed (error code 5).
Nov 17 15:53:10 localhost installd[535]: kextcache: Prelink failed for com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224; aborting prelink.
Nov 17 15:53:10 localhost installd[535]: kextcache: Failed to generate prelinked kernel.
Nov 17 15:53:10 localhost installd[535]: kextcache: Child process /usr/sbin/kextcache[553] exited with status 71.
Nov 17 15:53:10 localhost installd[535]: kextcache: Error 107 rebuilding /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/kernelcache.
Nov 17 15:53:10 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: releasing Spotlight indexing
Nov 17 15:53:10 localhost install_monitor[541]: Re-included: /Applications, /Library, /System, /bin, /private, /sbin, /usr
Nov 17 15:53:11 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: releasing backupd
Nov 17 15:53:11 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: allow user idle system sleep
Nov 17 15:53:11 localhost installd[535]: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=121 "An error occurred while updating system extension information." UserInfo=0x7fe8fc027090 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7fe8fc023300 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kextcache error 71.)", NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while updating system extension information., arguments=(
"-update-volume",
"/",
"-Installer"
)} {
NSLocalizedDescription = "An error occurred while updating system extension information.";
NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=kextcache Code=71 \"The operation couldn\U2019t be completed. (kextcache error 71.)\"";
arguments = (
"-update-volume",
"/",
"-Installer"
);
}
Nov 17 15:53:11 localhost Installer[526]: install:didFailWithError:Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=121 "An error occurred while updating system extension information." UserInfo=0x7ffc43a33080 {arguments=(
"-update-volume",
"/",
"-Installer"
), NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while updating system extension information., NSUnderlyingError=0x7ffc43a610b0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kextcache error 71.)"}
Nov 17 15:53:11 localhost Installer[526]: Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Nov 17 15:53:11 localhost Installer[526]: IFDInstallController 42C36B60 state = 7
Nov 17 15:53:11 localhost Installer[526]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI.
Nov 17 15:53:11 localhost Installer[526]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

[serum67]

It looks like the problem is happening with this right?

com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224

What do I do?

 

[serum67]

Just solved it. I was trying to get a Broadcom card to work by installing a .kext. I removed the kext and it worked like a charm. w00t!