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Re: How to open a folder after installation?
by Peter Bierman 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com If your package requires authorization, then the script is running as root. -pmb Thanks for the info. Thanks, On Jun 1, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Pavol Markovic wrote: Try cd $2/foldername open . PM On Jun 1, 2005, at 6:56 PM, Derrick Griffel wrote: Thanks, Derrick _______________________________________________ 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/pavol.markovic%40centr… This email sent to pavol.markovic(a)centrum.sk Derrick Griffel Intriguing Development Inc. 816-229-6768 ext. 12 www.idevelop.net _______________________________________________ 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/bierman%40apple.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.… It might be possible to use 'open' to launch an app as root into a regular user session, but not to use 'open' as root to get the finder to open a window. You can probably use 'osascript' to send an AppleEvent to the finder asking it to open the window you want. You could also look for the real (vs effective) uid that your script is running as, and use 'su' to switch to that user to run the 'open' command. At 1:28 PM -0500 6/1/05, Derrick Griffel wrote: I just tried that but unfortunately with the same results. The folder does not open. I know it is changing to the correct directory though, because if I substitute "open MyApp.app" for "open .", the application gets launched from the installer. But for whatever strange reason, I cannot just get the folder to open. It also seems add that it will open the application fine, but not open the folder. I haven't tried it in Installer, but I was able to do this in situations where open folder didn't work. I am trying to open a specific folder after installation. I have a postflight script that contains the following line: open $2/foldername. I would expect this to open the directory named foldername located at the install location returned by the $2 variable. Unfortunately, the directory does not open. However, if I change this to: open -a $2/foldername/application.app, The postflight script WILL launch my application located inside the folder. Does anyone have any ideas on why I can get the script to launch an application after install, but not open a folder? This email sent to bierman(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Checking OS version from InstallationCheck script?
by Peter Bierman 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -pmb #!/usr/bin/perl ######################################################## my $SYSTEM_VERS = "/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist"; my $EXIT_VALUE = 0; DO_CHECKS: { # If too old, error. if( CheckVersion( $SYSTEM_VERS, "10.3", "ProductVersion", "<" )) { $EXIT_VALUE = (( 3 << 5 ) | 16 ); exit($EXIT_VALUE); } } exit($EXIT_VALUE); My InstallationCheck.strings file contains the following line: "16" = "This software requires Mac OS X version 10.3 or later."; Thanks for any advice, Derrick _______________________________________________ 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/bierman%40apple.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.… Since you cribbed the code from an Apple InstallationCheck (that's fine), you also need to grab the part of the script that defines the CheckVersion() function. We'll be explaining how to do this sort of thing at WWDC next week, Session 106 Tuesday @ 3:30, and we'll be hosting a lab to help developers in person from 5 - 7:30. At 11:54 AM -0500 6/1/05, Derrick Griffel wrote: I am trying to create an InstallationCheck script and InstallationCheck.strings file that would prevent my installer from running on anything less than OS 10.3. I have created the following script, but it always fails with the following message in the installer even though I am running on 10.3.9. "iRemember Installer cannot be installed on this computer. 31". The following is what my script looks like: Does anyone see any reason why my script would not be working properly and not even displaying my custom string? I've had a difficult time finding usable examples on Apple's site for creating such a script or performing such a check from an installer. This email sent to bierman(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: My installer does not work on OS X 10.4
by Roni Music 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com > > > Hi, > > > > For several years I have used PackageMaker to create a .pkg file > > for installing a file that my application needs into the > > > > /Library/Application Support/My Company Name > > > > folder. > > > > i.e. first the installer creates the "My Company Name" folder (if > > it's not already there) > > then it installs the file (which is part of the copy protections > > scheme, so it can't go into the application bundle) > > > > This has always worked fine for customers running OS X 10.2 and 10.3 > > but starting with OS X 10.4 it fails with the following messages: > > > > First: > > "Installing this software will replace the newer version with an > > older version." > > You are getting this message because the installer thinks you have a > newer version of this package on your system. Do you? No, the person that installs is a customer that has not any folder with the name "My Company Name" (replace with the real company name) > If so what > are the version numbers? (CFBundleShortVersionString, IFMajorVersion, > IFMinorVersion) the file that is to be installed is an old CFM shared lib file that lacks everything such as CFBundleShortVersionString, IFMajorVersion, IFMinorVersion etc so there is no version information available at all, this error message is strange the only thing I can think of is that the owner and permission are wrong I never changed that which I maybe should have done? anyway it worked fine until Tiger came around > > > Then: > > "You cannot continue. There is nothing to install". > > > > This is a known bug and should soon. be fixed?? Rolf > > Chris > Mac OS X Installation & Setup Team > > > Both messages are wrong and it works OK on my development machine > > but not on most of my customers machines. > > > > My other .pkg file for installing the main application into the / > > Applications folder works fine under OS X 10.4 > > > > My only clue is that it's a file permission thing that have changed > > with Tiger. > > > > I've read the online docs about PackageMaker to no avail. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > Rolf Nilsson > > > > > > > > > >

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Re: How to open a folder after installation?
by Derrick Griffel 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks for the info. Thanks, On Jun 1, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Pavol Markovic wrote: Try cd $2/foldername open . PM On Jun 1, 2005, at 6:56 PM, Derrick Griffel wrote: Thanks, Derrick This email sent to pavol.markovic(a)centrum.sk Derrick Griffel Intriguing Development Inc. 816-229-6768 ext. 12 www.idevelop.net _______________________________________________ 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 just tried that but unfortunately with the same results. The folder does not open. I know it is changing to the correct directory though, because if I substitute "open MyApp.app" for "open .", the application gets launched from the installer. But for whatever strange reason, I cannot just get the folder to open. It also seems add that it will open the application fine, but not open the folder. I haven't tried it in Installer, but I was able to do this in situations where open folder didn't work. I am trying to open a specific folder after installation. I have a postflight script that contains the following line: open $2/foldername. I would expect this to open the directory named foldername located at the install location returned by the $2 variable. Unfortunately, the directory does not open. However, if I change this to: open -a $2/foldername/application.app, The postflight script WILL launch my application located inside the folder. Does anyone have any ideas on why I can get the script to launch an application after install, but not open a folder? _______________________________________________ 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/ pavol.markovic%40centrum.sk This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to open a folder after installation?
by Pavol Markovic 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Try cd $2/foldername open . PM On Jun 1, 2005, at 6:56 PM, Derrick Griffel wrote: Thanks, Derrick This email sent to pavol.markovic(a)centrum.sk _______________________________________________ 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 haven't tried it in Installer, but I was able to do this in situations where open folder didn't work. I am trying to open a specific folder after installation. I have a postflight script that contains the following line: open $2/foldername. I would expect this to open the directory named foldername located at the install location returned by the $2 variable. Unfortunately, the directory does not open. However, if I change this to: open -a $2/foldername/application.app, The postflight script WILL launch my application located inside the folder. Does anyone have any ideas on why I can get the script to launch an application after install, but not open a folder? _______________________________________________ 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/ pavol.markovic%40centrum.sk This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Conditional install of special package under 10.2
by Sanford Selznick 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello, When I double-click third_party.mpkg, it wants to install just fine. [508 sanford@PBG4 Resources/] ls -la -rwxr-xr-x 1 sanford staff 2192 Jun 1 10:04 InstallationCheck And inside: --- my $EXIT_VALUE = 0; { print "Doing checks\n"; # If 10.3 or better is booted, don't install this package. if(CheckVersion("$SYSTEM_VERS", "10.3", "ProductVersion", ">=")) { # exit silently print "Exiting silently\n"; $EXIT_VALUE = 64; last; } } exit($EXIT_VALUE); --- Thank you, Sanford _______________________________________________ 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.… At 9:07 AM -0700 5/31/05, Sanford Selznick wrote: My installer needs to run on 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4. When my installer is run on 10.2, I need to install a second package. I have the second package (mpkg file) from a third party. I don't have the components of the second package. How do I build my installer so the third-party installer will only be executed on 10.2? Per an off-list recommendation, I put an InstallationCheck into the Resources folder of the third_party.mpkg. The script works when uttered from the command-line. Am I missing something? Shouldn't the InstallationCheck return value of 64 just quit? Or is this a .mpkg thing? I'm also not seeing "Doing checks" or "Exiting silently" in Console.app when I execute from the installer. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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How to open a folder after installation?
by Derrick Griffel 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, Derrick _______________________________________________ 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 am trying to open a specific folder after installation. I have a postflight script that contains the following line: open $2/foldername. I would expect this to open the directory named foldername located at the install location returned by the $2 variable. Unfortunately, the directory does not open. However, if I change this to: open -a $2/foldername/application.app, The postflight script WILL launch my application located inside the folder. Does anyone have any ideas on why I can get the script to launch an application after install, but not open a folder? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Checking OS version from InstallationCheck script?
by Derrick Griffel 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com "16" = "This software requires Mac OS X version 10.3 or later.";

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Re: My installer does not work on OS X 10.4
by Christopher Ryan 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

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My installer does not work on OS X 10.4
by Roni Music 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, For several years I have used PackageMaker to create a .pkg file for installing a file that my application needs into the /Library/Application Support/My Company Name folder. i.e. first the installer creates the "My Company Name" folder (if it's not already there) then it installs the file (which is part of the copy protections scheme, so it can't go into the application bundle) This has always worked fine for customers running OS X 10.2 and 10.3 but starting with OS X 10.4 it fails with the following messages: First: "Installing this software will replace the newer version with an older version." Then: "You cannot continue. There is nothing to install". Both messages are wrong and it works OK on my development machine but not on most of my customers machines. My other .pkg file for installing the main application into the /Applications folder works fine under OS X 10.4 My only clue is that it's a file permission thing that have changed with Tiger. I've read the online docs about PackageMaker to no avail. Any help appreciated. Rolf Nilsson _______________________________________________ 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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