Installing Mavericks via Terminal

I have the Install OS X Mavericks.app in Recovery Mode and I want to execute it somehow to start the installation from the terminal, so I don't need the internet connection.

I executed the InstallAssistantTool within Contents/Resources, but that just leaves a blank line and the terminal doesn't do anything.

I also tried createinstallmedia to create a bootable SD card, but that tells me that the .app file isn't a valid OS Installer.

How can I finally install Mavericks from Recovery Mode, within the terminal?

** EDIT: ** I want to install Mavericks from the Install OS X Mavericks.app and when I go to /Contents/MacOS I want to execute InstallAssistent, but the problem is that the installer hangs on checking eligibility with Apple, while my Internet connection works.

The problem is, that my SSD is empty/erased and thus I have no access to the App Store and so on, as it is my only Apple device.

Solution 1:

Possibly I am missing something here, but unless you have a very slow internet connection or none at all, recovery mode should be able to install the O/S version that shipped with the computer. The recovery partition downloads and installs the O/S for you, no terminal needed. Unless you want to do it that way as an exercise in technical exploration, this method was developed to eliminate shipping recovery media with every Mac and make the process as easy as possible.

Once that O/S version is on your Mac you can then upgrade/update to the latest version of Mavericks

Solution 2:

To execute inside the Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/MacOS folder use "./Install OS X Mavericks" (with quotes because has spaces in it) but it looks like the installer thinks it's reinstall that will not read the installation files in the drive. It will simply redownload the components required (5GB again)

The SD Card/Flash Drive/'whatever that you plug in it' is already mounted in Recovery mode. To get there try cd -P /Volumes then do ls. You should then see your drive name. Do cd <drive_name> and you will then in your SD Card/Flash Drive root.

Inside the .dmg file I found Install OS X Mavericks.app/System/Installation/CDIS/OS X Installer.app. I haven't test it yet because I'm fixing my friend's Mac when I'm at his house which I'm not now. You can try executing that (Contents/MacOS/OS X Installer).