Re: untar into app bundle
Re: untar into app bundle
- Subject: Re: untar into app bundle
- From: petter <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:28:37 +0200
>> We do let Usr Auth the tar process with: AuthorizationItem, we then
>> untar files into an .app bundle.
>
>Is there a reason to do this?
As this is an UT2004 Mod, it need to be installed into the UT2004 bundle
itself and there for the procedure requires admin rights.
We will release One-for-all download package with support for all OS:
Win, Linux and Mac.
Each installer will grab the tar and untar it and install it at the
proper location inside the UT2004 application.
This is why we cant put a Mac specific install it on a dmg.
We might be able to use the standard PackageMaker but we then need to
write some extra scripts. Will look into that.
>(i) generally it's far better to use the standard installation
>package to TAR;
>(ii) especially for a game there hardly seems to be any reason to use
>*any* installer: put it to a DMG, and let the user to copy it
>anywhere he wants to.
We want to automate the installation precedure to make it easier then
digging down into an .app bundle.
>> We ones did a fast and ugly way to
>> check when the installation was done by detach a thread and do a
>> copy of
>> a readme from install location to Desktop.
>
>Don't. Put the Readme to the DMG too, and let the user decide where
>to (and whether at all) he wants it to go.
Yes this would be the best solution if I can set up the PackageMaker to
use external tarballs.
>> 3. Place the game icon in the Dock. I've serached a lot on how to but
>> havent been able to find out how.
>
>Don't. Let the user decide whether at all, and if so, where in Dock
>the icon belongs.
True. Thanks, I will not force them to do it.
But they still need to gain access to the Launcher application which is
installed with the Mod folder into the UT2004.app itself as UT require
Mods to be placed.
So we really need the user to gain access to the Launcher somehow.
Copy the app to desktop, place an alias somewhere, open the path into
the .app bundle and show it to the user to drag and drop it to where
ever they want to.
>> Any kinds souls that can help me out here?
>
>First of all, be you kind to the users, not forcing them to accept
>your choices. They can do their own all right.
I will be as kind as I can be. thanks for the help Ondra!
petter
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