Re: How do I prohibit installation based on current software version?
Re: How do I prohibit installation based on current software version?
- Subject: Re: How do I prohibit installation based on current software version?
- From: Stéphane Sudre <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:16:01 +0200
On mardi, septembre 19, 2006, at 10:29 PM, Chris Waldrip wrote:
I've made an installer for some easy presets for Final Cut Pro, but
they're specific to FCP5.
In Iceberg I've added a requirement in the appropriate section to
require that the CFBundleVersion of /Applications/Final Cut
Pro.app/Contents/Resources/AELicensingAquaPro.bundle be at least 1.2.
Looking at an install of 4.5 that seemed like a good choice since that
Bundle doesn't exist (at least on the install I tested).
But when installed on a system running an earlier build of FCP 4 it
didn't stop the installer.
How can I identify the version of a target application, and if that
target application doesn't exist or is an incorrect/earlier version,
keep the installer from running.
The Requirements section in Iceberg looks to be the perfect place, but
I can't find a unique identifier for FCP5.
OK, I coded a little tool which is available at:
http://s.sudre.free.fr/files/checkversion.zip
It needs to be compiled with XCode 2.3 or later and should work from
10.2.8 to 10.4.x (PPC/Intel).
Usage is:
checkappversion [-c creator] [-b bundle_identifier] [-n bundle_name]
[-f default_app_path] comparator version
comparator can be >,>=,==,<=,< Just be sure to set a "" around the
comparator to avoid redirecting the standard input/output.
It returns 1 if the result is OK, 0 if it's not. If the bundle does not
exist or can't be found, it returns 0.
So to solve your problem, you can probably just call it like this in an
InstallerCheck script:
checkappversion -f /Applications/Final Cut
Pro.app/Contents/Resources/AELicensingAquaPro.bundle ">=" 1.2
It's using the LaunchServices API to locate applications (only default
path will work with bundle).
Hope it helps.
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Installer-dev mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden