Re: Installing from the Resources folder
Re: Installing from the Resources folder
- Subject: Re: Installing from the Resources folder
- From: Mitchell J Laurren-Ring <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:20:42 -0800
Sadly, I'm still using packagemaker on the command line. I could make a copy of the EULAs and make them part of the payload, but it doesn't solve the localization problem - i.e. I'd like to only install one EULA, not all of them.
/Mick
On Jan 14, 2014, at 5:05 PM, Conor Schutzman wrote:
> What are you using for your development application?
> I use Packages, and thus can easily point both the installer plugin and the payload to reference the same file.
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Mitchell J Laurren-Ring <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply, Bill.
>>
>> 1) I am using the plugin. I've asked management if it's sufficient. I want to know my options should they say "no". :)
>>
>> 2) Assuming that my payload does not include a standard app bundle (it does not), is it possible to install only the license agreement for the user's language as part of the payload?
>>
>>
>> /Mick
>>
>>
>> On Jan 14, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Bill Coderre wrote:
>>
>>> 1) If you are using the “License” installer plugin (and you should), there’s a button to save the license wherever the user wants. Isn’t that good enough?
>>>
>>> 2) Apple adds licenses/acknowledgements to the payload, usually as part of the application itself. This makes the package bigger, but it greatly simplifies coding.
>>>
>>> 3) Please bear in mind that this is not an endorsement, and is not guaranteed to work.
>>>
>>> You can find user language preferences here
>>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1391/_index.html
>>>
>>> As said below, your current working directory in a post install script is the “Resources” folder in your package.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 14, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Mitchell J Laurren-Ring <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>> I should have mentioned my installer is localized with 8 languages. How do I get the EULA for the current language?
>>>>
>>>> /Mick
>>>> On Jan 14, 2014, at 3:13 PM, Conor Schutzman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In post install, you should just be able to reference the file as ./filename (as your PWD for the post install script *should* be the same folder). You could then just use that as the source in a copy command.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> On Jan 14, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Mitchell J Laurren-Ring <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it possible to install a file from the installer package Resources folder? My overlords want to save the EULA so the user can look at it any time they like.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a way to do this from the postflight script? Environment variables?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Mick
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