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Re: Newbie using Packages.app - place files in User libraries?
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Re: Newbie using Packages.app - place files in User libraries?


  • Subject: Re: Newbie using Packages.app - place files in User libraries?
  • From: Colin Cornaby <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:08:08 -0700

A post flight script is generally the best way to handle this, either using defaults write from a script, or a tool written in Foundation/Cocoa.

You could do other things like copying a plist into place from a post flight, but you risk over writing user entered values.

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On Sep 21, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Robin Miller <email@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm fairly new to packaging, and have been trying to use Stephane Sudre's Packages app to get some software ready for deployment to a number of machines at work.
>
> I would like the package installer to place a .plist file in the ~/Library/Preferences folder for the current user as well as for all other users on the computer. Does this require some post flight scripting or is there a more 'built in' way to handle this (presumably) common situation?
>
> Thanks,
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