January 2005 - Installer-dev

Useful tool
by Stéphane Sudre 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Some kind of .bom validator. http://gnufoo.org/macosx/macosx.html _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: could not install on drive (null)
by Ondřej Valík 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com In fact it is metapackage. So this is main metapackage Info.plist: Ondrej _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… Do you have the Info.plist of your package? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key> <string>PrintNet T 4.2.106.2 Copyright ¬© 2004 GMC Software Technology AG</string> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>net.gmc.pkg.PrintNet T</string> <key>CFBundleName</key> <string>PrintNet T</string> <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key> <string>4.2.106.2</string> <key>IFMajorVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>IFMinorVersion</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>IFPkgFlagComponentDirectory</key> <string>Contents/Resources</string> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageList</key> <array> <dict> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageLocation</key> <string>PrintNet T 4.2.106.2.pkg</string> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageSelection</key> <string>selected</string> </dict> <dict> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageLocation</key> <string>PrintNet T 4.2.106.2 Help.pkg</string> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageSelection</key> <string>selected</string> </dict> <dict> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageLocation</key> <string>PrintNet T 4.2.106.2 Demo Licence File.pkg</string> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageSelection</key> <string>unselected</string> </dict> <dict> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageLocation</key> <string>AKSUSB Install.pkg</string> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageSelection</key> <string>unselected</string> </dict> <dict> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageLocation</key> <string>PrintNet T 4.2.106.2 ICC Profiles.pkg</string> <key>IFPkgFlagPackageSelection</key> <string>selected</string> </dict> </array> <key>IFPkgFormatVersion</key> <real>0.10000000149011612</real> </dict> </plist> This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: could not install on drive (null)
by Stéphane Sudre 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, janvier 12, 2005, at 04:41 PM, Ondřej Valík wrote: This happened to customer when using my installer: Do you have the Info.plist of your package? _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… When I ran the installer on our OSX 10.2 Powerbook and got the screen to select a destination, both choices, the local hard drive, and the plugged in memory dongle were locked out and red. The main drive screen said "could not install on drive (null)" I was able to get past this point by selecting the memory key and letting the installer show an error message. Then the local hard drive turned green & I could run the installer. I am pretty sure that my installer package is OK. Is it possible that this is the bug in Installer.app itself? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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could not install on drive (null)
by Ondřej Valík 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com This happened to customer when using my installer: Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Ondrej Valik _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… When I ran the installer on our OSX 10.2 Powerbook and got the screen to select a destination, both choices, the local hard drive, and the plugged in memory dongle were locked out and red. The main drive screen said "could not install on drive (null)" I was able to get past this point by selecting the memory key and letting the installer show an error message. Then the local hard drive turned green & I could run the installer. I am pretty sure that my installer package is OK. Is it possible that this is the bug in Installer.app itself? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Running a script to determine path before "Select destination" in a package?
by Alexey Proskuryakov 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.0.0.040405 On 07.01.2005 01:33, "Lars Holm Nielsen" <lars(a)hankat.dk> wrote: > So my question is, can I have a script determine the path of > installtion, before the user is presented with "Select destionation..". I couldn't find any way to do this. Also, you may want to test if locating Photoshop itself works reliably - for us, it failed when the package was installed via command line or Apple Remote Desktop. > If not, any suggestion to solving this problem, for instance with > another installer will be appreciated. What about moving the plugin to a correct location with a post-install script? - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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IFRequirements: 'gestalt'
by Stéphane Sudre 08 Jan '05

08 Jan '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… Has someone succeeded in using and understanding the 'gestalt' SpecType in an IFRequirement? I'm trying to figure out how I should write the requirements for the 'sysv' gestalt and no obvious solution seems to be working. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Running a script to determine path before "Select destination" in a package?
by Lars Holm Nielsen 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, Sincerely, Lars --- Lars Holm Nielsen Dalslandsgade 8, D810 2300 København S telefon: 32 88 64 28 mobil: 22 15 51 80 http://www.hankat.dk _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… I've developed a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. To be able to make Photoshop load this plugin, it must reside in either the application directory (e.g. /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS) or in Photoshop's plug-in directory which may be localized or any user specified place (e.g. /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS/Plug-Ins, /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS/<localized name for plug-ins> or /User/someone/path/to/plug-dir). Because I'm only able to find the applications dir (/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS), my package installer installs it there. This is not a very nice solution, since the plug-ins are supposed to be in the plug-ins dir, even though they get loaded in the applications dir. What I'm looking for is a way to insert a script specified value in the "Select destination.." part. As far as I can read in http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/ SoftwareDistribution/index.html I can only change this with Tokens Definitions and Path Mappings. My problem is that I can only located the plug-in folder with at script, which a can use a search method for a token. It's because the plug-ins directory is specified in a file in ~/Library/Preferences. I can make script which reads this path, and I will know where to put my plug-in. So my question is, can I have a script determine the path of installtion, before the user is presented with "Select destionation..". If not, any suggestion to solving this problem, for instance with another installer will be appreciated. Though this is a free plug-in, so we can't afford licensing based on how many copies are distributed. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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