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Re: PackageMaker, Adobe Reader



On 5/20/08 10:41 AM, "Ryan Lovett" <email@hidden> wrote:

> I've been trying to create a .pkg for Adobe Reader on Leopard for
> unattended installations, but haven't been successful. I initially used
> PackageMaker to manually select the various application/library components,
> but the installed Reader would complain and prompt for admin privileges to
> repair the installation when first run. This isn't acceptable for mass
> installation. (I'm using the InstaDMG workflow.)
> 
> I then tried PackageMaker's --watch mechanism to build the package, but the
> installed Reader from that package wouldn't even launch. I had pruned the
> package of various log files and other cruft that fsevents had picked up so
> it is possible I pruned too much or too little.
> 
> Has anyone created a package for Adobe Reader that doesn't require admin
> intervention? (beyond 'installer') How was it accomplished? Which
> components were included with the package?
> 
> Ryan

Did you try disabling the Reader self heal?  This is all we do in our build,
and it works.

--jim


-- 
james volker 
systems administration // undergrad computer arts : new media
the academy of art university
415.618.3915 desk // 415.618.3800 fax
jimmy(at)academyart.edu 


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