Re: Everything installs in /Applications, but not *.app bundles
Re: Everything installs in /Applications, but not *.app bundles
- Subject: Re: Everything installs in /Applications, but not *.app bundles
- From: eveningnick eveningnick <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:09:18 +0200
>> If you look at the Installer logs, does it say that the application was relocated during install to another location (like where another instance of the application already exists)?
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>> If the answer is yes, this is a known issue that can be addressed by unchecking the option to search for previous instances.
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>> That being said, I'm wondering whether this "bug" is going to make it to the Mac App Store.
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> ***Speculation ahead***
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> I'm betting not, because I'm betting the Mac App Store won't be using Installer.app or /usr/sbin/installer at all.
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> The leaked guidelines for apps that can be submitted for inclusion in the Mac App Store say all apps must consist of a single, self-contained bundle, and may not install files outside that bundle. This makes sense, since the demo last week showed apps being installed without any prompt for admin credentials.
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> This means the apps will be installed with a simple copy to some place the user has "write" rights, and removed with a simple delete operation.
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> More complex software that requires an Installer package simply will not be available on the Mac App Store.
Thank you Greg and Iceberg-dev. That was the problem, i unchecked the
checkbox "Allow relocation", and now it works perfectly!
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