MODX3 - error message on installation

[halftrainedharry]

When installing SimpleSearch on MODX 3.0.0, it outputs the following error message to the installation console:

Could not load class: modTransportPackage from mysql.modtransportpackage
Could not get table name for class:
Error 42000 executing statement: Array ( [0] => 42000 [1] => 1064 [2] => You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'AS `latestPackage` WHERE `latestPackage`.`package_name` = `modTra...' at line 3 )