RE: PackageMaker questions
RE: PackageMaker questions
- Subject: RE: PackageMaker questions
- From: Peter Bierman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:44:27 -0700
Make sure the script is executable in the package (chmod 555).
Also, your script assumes that the working directory is the user's
homedir. That's not a safe assumption.
Use 'chdir $HOME' at the top of your script to cement this
assumption, or change your ln and cp commands to use full paths by
adding the $HOME var in each.
-pmb
At 4:24 PM -0700 9/26/05, Steve Sappington wrote:
Peter, thanks for your help!
Yes, the preferences plist is copied/created when the app runs, but for
various reasons, I need to get it there first
I've written the following script and called it 'postinstall'- it works
perfectly in terminal; however, it doesn't seem to be getting executed when
the pkg is executed- I've verified packagemaker is picking it up and putting
it in the resources folder inside the package.
-script
#!/bin/bash
echo "script started"
cd
ln -s "/Applications/Animation Master 12.0/Animation Master.app"
"Desktop/Animation Master.app"
cp /Applications/"Animation Master 12.0"/"com.hash.Master V12.0.plist"
Library/Preferences
echo "script done"
exit 0
-endscript
Steve Sappington
Hash, Inc.
400 West Evergreen Blvd.
Vancouver, WA 98660
360-750-0042
www.hash.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Bierman [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:01 PM
To: Steve Sappington
Cc: email@hidden
Subject: Re: PackageMaker questions
Your application (not the installer) should install the preferences
plist itself, the first time it runs. If you use the NS or
CFPreferences APIs, this will happen for you.
As for the alias, does it need to be a real alias, or will a symlink work?
If it's a symlink, you can write a simple postinstall script that will
ln -s /Applications/Your.app "${HOME}/Desktop/Your.app"
-pmb
At 1:44 PM -0700 9/26/05, Steve Sappington wrote:
I've built an installer for my Tiger Application using Packagemaker-
It's working well except for two things:
-I need to be able to create an alias to my application, which is
installed in the applications folder, on the desktop
-I need to be able to copy a .plist to userhome/Library/Preferences/
I'm stumped, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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