I have an application to be distributed. Pretty much everything is self-contained within one bundle so I could just put the bundle in a DMG for the first version-- however this won't work for upgrades, so I figured I'd best work out the process ahead of time. I've been looking at PackageMaker and it seems straightforward enough. However...
I'm currently in the process of writing a Mac PackageMaker-based installer for an application that I had previously distributed for Windows using an NSIS installer. In NSIS, I was able to create a customized dialog that allowed the user to enter their serial number and license key before being allowed to install the program. In Package...
We need to build Mac packages on the fly and it would be convenient if there is a way to create the same on Windows or Linux platform instead of using PackageMaker on Mac. Any ideas? Thanks! ...
Hi I am using package-maker of Mac OS to create installer package for Mac OS. I gave created a simple installer package it worked fine. But I want to create a new folder under /Applications directory under which myApplication.app file will be installed. So I need to create a pre-install script which will create folder before my applicati...
I'm trying to decompile a source package because I want to look at the preist en prerm files. Those files are normally in the debian folder but when I extract the source package I don't find any debian folder. Is there a simple command or other way to get the debian folder? Thanks in advance ...
Is it possible to make sure the package can only be installed from mountable drive? If pkg is launched from mounted drive then the installation should be success and if the pkg is lunched from fixed drives then the installation should not success(should put up custome error message). I have tried with script which return -1 if the laun...
I am using PackageMaker to create an installer for my application. During installation I need to run a bash script to properly install rxtx, a JNI library for serial port communication. This library needs to have the directory /var/lock in place with user "root" and group "uucp". The installation script also needs to add the current user...
I want to (periodically and automatically) create an installer from various files and folders that are in many places. But, I can't figure out how to supply the packagemaker command with all the paths of the items I want to install. This is for internal development purposes, not for customer distribution. I want the files included to be...
I used packagemaker to package a App, now I want to add another app with a option, if user check the option , it can be installed automatically, because another app will be packaged with packagemaker, so I didn't include it with a folder with packagemaker, how to do it ? Thank you !!! ...
I'm trying to create an installer using Apple's PackageMaker.app. As part of the installation, I want to install SIMBL with the metapackage mechanism provided by PackageMaker. However, when I add the SIMBL .pkg file and try to build my own package, I get the warning "No payload could be found. The package will not be built." for the SIM...
I'm trying to create an install package. I've got all my components, and I think I understand most of the process. I want to have an install/set-up script that is run as part of the install. I planned to put it either as a post-install action or a post-install script. The problem is that I need user-input. I can't figure out how to eith...
I am using PakageMaker.app to create an installation package for Mac OS X and I'd like to insert a web link to my site on the Introduction screen of the installation. Is there any way to do this because I have not find any instruction about it in the docs? Thanks in advance. ...
I have created package (.pkg) file using packagemaker ver 3.0.4. Is it possible to provide custom icon to the .pkg file. Can some one help me how this can be done ? Thanks in advance. ...
Any idea for the following error while creating a deb file with the dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot command. " dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386 fakeroot debian/rules clean dh_testdir dh_testroot rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp # Add here commands to clean up after the build process. /usr/bin/make clean make[1]: Entering directo...
So I built my ruby 1.9, mysql, postgres, lighttpd, gems and other libs now I want to make it as package to install on other machines. Just how do I do this with Apple PackagerMaker and have it install in the right folders on the machine. I want to get it done soon to install on all the lab computers. ...
Using PackageMaker, how do I check if an application is running and pause the installation if it is? If it matters, this is not the application I am trying to install that I am checking for since I am installing a plugin. ...
I am using Os X 10.6.4 and X code Version 3.2.3 for developing some simple app files and using PackageMaker to distribute these app files. But when trying to run the package on some other mac I am getting error that the package is not compatible with the Os X its running and file would not be installed. Is this a problem with X code or p...
Hi, I am trying to add language to my installation. I changed the language in info.plist to Spanish, it let me choose the Spanish in the license part and it it changed the buttons language but in the next page it returns to English. Also the langugae in the left side: "introduction, license ..." is all the time English. I also tried to...
Hello, I'm sorry for my knowledge of English. I have an Cocoa application, which I want to install on removable volume (usb flash drive). I use PackageMaker to create package. After install is completed the Installer create in root path of flash drive folder "/Library/Receipts" with receipts files in it. I don't need this files on a fla...
Hi all, I'm new to Mac OSX dev, and I'm having trouble with building a metapackage. I have 7 pkgs which I want to wrap up into a metapkg. When I executing each package separately everything works as expected, all scripts run etc. However, when the same packages run as part of a metapackage, none of the scripts execute. The scripts a...