Packaging a Mac application for manual install even though it has frameworks?

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Packaging a Mac application for manual install even though it has frameworks?

I'm currently building my first Mac application and I'm a little confused by the delivery process. I've quickly read through the Software Delivery Guide but it seems to imply that if I have several components in my app, I should use a managed install. My application is very simple but it does rely on VVOpenSource frameworks, so when I build my app, beside my .app package, I have 3 .framework directories. I would like to make the installation as simple as possible so a manual install from a DMG would be awesome.

Is there anyway I can package my application in a DMG anyway?

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Put the frameworks inside the Contents/Frameworks directory in your app package. In order to do that, you need to set the "installation directory" correctly when you build the frameworks, for instance to @executable_path/../Frameworks/.

JWWalker 2010-09-01 05:53:15

Thanks a lot. Could you please tell me more about where I can find this "installation directory" setting?

Sebastien 2010-09-02 07:57:17

It's a build setting. Look at the list of build settings in the target info, then scroll down to the Deployment heading or type "installation" in the search field.

JWWalker 2010-09-02 16:07:59

OK, I found the setting, but there's something I don't understand. On which project/target should I set this setting? On my application or on the frameworks that I import into my application?

Sebastien 2010-09-04 15:41:48

The setting is for the frameworks. (If you have any frameworks that you don't have the source for and have the wrong setting, there is a command line tool `install_name_tool` that can change it.)

JWWalker 2010-09-04 20:37:07

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