I ran into a problem trying to install ColdFusion 8 on my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. I honestly don’t know the what the exact problem is, but from what I can gather, it has to do with Java and the crappy InstallAnywhere installer used for CF 8. To give credit where credit is due, the solution is taken from this site: http://www.doyourself.org/windows-2/786-install-coldfusion-8-on-snow-leopard/

The steps are simple:

1. Open a Terminal
2. cd “Downloads/ColdFusion Installer 8.app/Contents/Resources/Java”  (modify to fit the name/path of your installer file)
3. java -cp ./IAClasses.zip:Execute.zip:installscript.zip:. com.zerog.ia.installer.Main
4. Installer should launch, just install normally

Doing this allowed me to get through the install. I did it with CF 8 64 bit, but I checked an the 32 bit installer wouldn’t run for me either, so maybe this would work in that case too.

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