Apple

I am trying to create a Mac installer flat package using pkgbuild and productbuild and

that also includes an installer plugin.

I can build a package using pkgbuild, and build a distribution package using packagebuild,

but nothing I've done causes the installer package to display the plugin.

I've seen references to the plugin needing to be installed in the app's Contents directory,

and I know that the InstallerSections.plist needs to be there as well, but nothing seems

to work.

The documentation is very sparse, and in most cases written more than a few years ago, so

I suspect it's not very up to date.

I’ve been using the “Packages” tool – there is a problem with it, that building a package on Yosemite

that includes a plugin, the installer doesn’t work on prior versions (Mavericks or Mtn. Lion). It throws an exception

when installing on those OS’s.

Any suggestion as to what I'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.

-Mick

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cat >Components.plist <<EOF

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<array>

<dict>

<key>BundleIsVersionChecked</key>

<true/>

<key>BundleOverwriteAction</key>

<string>upgrade</string>

<key>RootRelativeBundlePath</key>

<string>TestApplication.app</string>

</dict>

</array>

</plist>

EOF

pkgbuild --root ./build/Build/Products/Debug \

--identifier com.test.testinstall \

--version 1.2.3.4.5 \

--component-plist Components.plist \

--install-location /Applications \

dist/TestApplication.pkg

cat >Distribution.xml <<EOF

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<installer-gui-script minSpecVersion="1">

<title>TestApp</title>

<pkg-ref id="com.test.installer"/>

<choices-outline>

</line>

</choices-outline>

<pkg-ref id="com.test.installer"/>

</choice>

<pkg-ref id="com.test.installer" version="0" _onConclusion_="none">TestApplication.pkg</pkg-ref>

</installer-gui-script>

EOF

productbuild --resources Resources \

--distribution Distribution.xml \

--package-path ./dist \

--plugins build/Build/Products/Debug/TestPlugin.bundle \

--sign "Developer ID Installer: Ntrepid Corporation (R9MT6WU6DE)" \

dist/TestPackage.pkg

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