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Re: creating pkg without PackageMaker
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Re: creating pkg without PackageMaker


  • Subject: Re: creating pkg without PackageMaker
  • From: Colin Cornaby <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:36:27 -0800

Apple had documentation on the structure of 10.4 installer packages, I can't seem to find it right now, I know it was a pain to find originally...

Someone has done the same work for 10.5 installer packages though:
http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/Ivanhoe/FLAT.html

This is difficult to do, and you're at least going to need to get dirty with C.

On Feb 28, 2011, at 7:29 PM, Jeremy Matthews wrote:

> Q) Are you looking for articles on alternate software like Composer, The
> Luggage, or Iceberg? Googling their names shows a few.
>
> A) Nope
>
>
> I'm looking to understand the structure of a package so I can create one programmatically for an end-user.
> The idea is that my software will create a package without requiring Developer tools to be installed.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Thanks,
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