Re: Accessing PackageKit programmatically
Re: Accessing PackageKit programmatically
- Subject: Re: Accessing PackageKit programmatically
- From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:40:50 +0200
On 06/13/2016 06:34 PM, Greg Neagle wrote:
> Please no. I don't need software vendors "reinventing" the process of installing thing on OS X.
>
> Distribute your software as Apple installer pkgs.
That's exactly what I want to do. I just want to initiate the installation process
programmatically, that's all, the same way it works on Windows.
There is no new package format and there is no custom installer software, I just want
to be able to tell OSX "Please take this .pkg and install for me, ask the user for
permission, of course."
This mechanism works perfectly fine on Windows and there is a well-supported and
stable API for that. On OSX, the API is hidden and convoluted.
I basically want to imitate what Adobe is doing with their apps manager [1].
Thanks,
Adrian
> [1] http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/desktop-app.html
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