Installation of 12.52 on macOS Ventura Failed

[kkaiser]

I currently use v12.42 on macOS Ventura. To upgrade I downloaded the Full Perl Distribution 12.52 and followed the directions to install.
Everything seemed to go OK and when I went to /usr/local/bin I found:

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 keithkaiser  wheel    312162 Dec 14 23:21 exiftool

In terminal I typed; exiftool but it says I still have 12.42

keithkaiser@keiths-m1-mini bin % exiftool -ver
12.42

Where did I go wrong?

[Hubert]

What happens with

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where exiftool
You may have two versions installed.

[Alan Clifford]

My mac doesn't understand "where"   

which exiftool

[Hubert]

Mine does:



 

(It also understands

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which exiftool).

[Hubert]

My mac doesn't understand "where"

I suspect you're using a different shell. Bash, which was the macOS default shell up to Catalina, doesn't recognise the

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where command. I'm using zsh which is now the default.

[blue-j]

...To upgrade I downloaded the Full Perl Distribution 12.52

Did you use this link?

https://exiftool.org/ExifTool-12.52.dmg

I worry you tried with the full source code and not the installer.

- J

[Alan Clifford]

It looks as if exiftool was installed as user keithkaiser rather than root.

Try

sudo make install

[ElijahBlais]

I also have facing the same issue. how can i solve this problem?

[StarGeek]

I also have facing the same issue. how can i solve this problem?

Did you try any of the options mentioned above?

Phil is currently away and I don't use a Mac, so I can't help.  But hopefully someone else who does can help you.

[Hubert]

It's not entirely clear which issue you're facing, but my advice would be download the .dmg installer, not the Full Perl Distribution (unless you have a particular reason to do so).

When you open the .dmg you must secondary-click on the .pkg file (right-click, ctrl-click or double-finger tap if using a trackpad) and choose Open. If you simply double-click on the .pkg file the installation will not proceed.

The Installer application takes you through the steps - there is no need to change the install location - and will ask for your system password (or Touch ID on some laptops) before installing ExifTool in the correct path (/usr/local/bin/).