September 2005 - Installer-dev

RE: PackageMaker on Panther
by Steve Sappington 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcXEAz0p9ekFLgyYSoO6Q8tLNF/qEAAVIBjg This was the solution! Thanks! Steve Sappington Hash, Inc. 400 West Evergreen Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98660 360-750-0042 www.hash.com -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+steve=hash.com(a)lists.apple.com [mailto:installer-dev-bounces+steve=hash.com@lists.apple.com] On Behalf Of Stéphane Sudre Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:01 AM To: Mark Krenek Cc: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Re: PackageMaker on Panther On mercredi, septembre 28, 2005, at 03:27 AM, Mark Krenek wrote: > I get the same error in my package. I just started testing it today > under 10.3.9 and ran across this problem. I was installing onto the > 2nd partition of a firewire drive when the error occurred. If I > install to the other partition of the drive (which contains the OS), > it installs without error. Could be a permission issue. Check that the permissions for the folders are OK and check the authorizations required by the 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/steve%40hash.com This email sent to steve(a)hash.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

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RE: PackageMaker on Panther
by Steve Sappington 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcXDzC+kID0U3Dq8QW+wsZtYLD+AgwAfhOag As far as I know, PackageMaker/Installer has no support for 'uninstalling' Perhaps the easiest way to accomplish what you need would be to run a preinstall script that deletes the files, or make a package that does nothing but run a script to delete the files- Steve Sappington Hash, Inc. 400 West Evergreen Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98660 360-750-0042 www.hash.com -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+steve=hash.com(a)lists.apple.com [mailto:installer-dev-bounces+steve=hash.com@lists.apple.com] On Behalf Of Mark Krenek Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:28 PM To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Re: PackageMaker on Panther I get the same error in my package. I just started testing it today under 10.3.9 and ran across this problem. I was installing onto the 2nd partition of a firewire drive when the error occurred. If I install to the other partition of the drive (which contains the OS), it installs without error. On Sep 27, 2005, at 7:19 PM, Steve Sappington wrote: > Had so much success with PackageMaker under Tiger, I figured I > would build > an installer for our Panther app- > I'm getting an error at the end of the installer: > > "There were errors installing the software" > Please try installing again > > Console prints this: > Installer[608] Exception raised during posting of notification. > Ignored. > exception: Some files for PantherInstall may not have been written > correctly. (code 1) > > Erm... is there a way to find out what's wrong a little more > specifically? > > The app does seem to run OK after it's installed, I see nothing > obviously > missing or corrupt- the only issue I see is my postinstall and > postupgrade > scripts aren't running, but I assume that's because the installer > is not > finishing successfully- > > > Steve Sappington > Hash, Inc. > 400 West Evergreen Blvd. > Vancouver, WA 98660 > 360-750-0042 > www.hash.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/markkrenek% > 40mac.com > > This email sent to markkrenek(a)mac.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/steve%40hash.com This email sent to steve(a)hash.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

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Re: Uninstaller: recommended procedure?
by Stéphane Sudre 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, septembre 28, 2005, at 05:40 PM, Tommy Schell wrote: Hi, My 49.5/100 of a song _______________________________________________ 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.… What is the best or recommended way to do an uninstaller? I saw that Installer doesn't have uninstaller mechanism. I have a driver that installs files in /System/Library/Extensions and in /Library/Quicktime, and I need to provide uninstaller. Provide a script (this is what is done for the DevTools) which you can embed in a Front-End which will require admin authentication (since you need that to remove items from the folders you listed). You will need to remove both the installed files and the package receipts in /Library/Receipts. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Uninstaller: recommended procedure?
by Tommy Schell 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, Thanks, Tommy Schell _______________________________________________ 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.… What is the best or recommended way to do an uninstaller? I saw that Installer doesn't have uninstaller mechanism. I have a driver that installs files in /System/Library/Extensions and in /Library/Quicktime, and I need to provide uninstaller. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker on Panther
by Rob Keniger 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On 28/09/2005, at 10:19, Steve Sappington wrote: "There were errors installing the software" Please try installing again - rob.keniger _______________________________________________ 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.… Had so much success with PackageMaker under Tiger, I figured I would build an installer for our Panther app- I'm getting an error at the end of the installer: Console prints this: Installer[608] Exception raised during posting of notification. Ignored. exception: Some files for PantherInstall may not have been written correctly. (code 1) I have seen this in Panther when I had an InstallationCheck script but no localised folders containing the InstallationCheck.strings file. When I added the English.lproj, German.lproj etc folders to the Resources folder and added my InstallationCheck.strings file to all of those, this problem went away. This was suggested by Chris Ryan at Apple so it it may be a known issue of some kind. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker on Panther
by Stéphane Sudre 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, septembre 28, 2005, at 03:27 AM, Mark Krenek wrote: _______________________________________________ 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 get the same error in my package. I just started testing it today under 10.3.9 and ran across this problem. I was installing onto the 2nd partition of a firewire drive when the error occurred. If I install to the other partition of the drive (which contains the OS), it installs without error. Could be a permission issue. Check that the permissions for the folders are OK and check the authorizations required by the package. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker on Panther
by Mark Krenek 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Sep 27, 2005, at 7:19 PM, Steve Sappington wrote: "There were errors installing the software" Please try installing again Steve Sappington Hash, Inc. 400 West Evergreen Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98660 360-750-0042 www.hash.com This email sent to markkrenek(a)mac.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.… I get the same error in my package. I just started testing it today under 10.3.9 and ran across this problem. I was installing onto the 2nd partition of a firewire drive when the error occurred. If I install to the other partition of the drive (which contains the OS), it installs without error. Had so much success with PackageMaker under Tiger, I figured I would build an installer for our Panther app- I'm getting an error at the end of the installer: Console prints this: Installer[608] Exception raised during posting of notification. Ignored. exception: Some files for PantherInstall may not have been written correctly. (code 1) Erm... is there a way to find out what's wrong a little more specifically? The app does seem to run OK after it's installed, I see nothing obviously missing or corrupt- the only issue I see is my postinstall and postupgrade scripts aren't running, but I assume that's because the installer is not finishing successfully- _______________________________________________ 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/markkrenek% 40mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: PackageMaker on Panther
by Steve Sappington 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcXC/myic5rCgRDhSmCngbkEwTwYPwAq3G2gAAMxbaAAAr7LgA== Had so much success with PackageMaker under Tiger, I figured I would build an installer for our Panther app- I'm getting an error at the end of the installer: "There were errors installing the software" Please try installing again Console prints this: Installer[608] Exception raised during posting of notification. Ignored. exception: Some files for PantherInstall may not have been written correctly. (code 1) Erm... is there a way to find out what's wrong a little more specifically? The app does seem to run OK after it's installed, I see nothing obviously missing or corrupt- the only issue I see is my postinstall and postupgrade scripts aren't running, but I assume that's because the installer is not finishing successfully- Steve Sappington Hash, Inc. 400 West Evergreen Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98660 360-750-0042 www.hash.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

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RE: PackageMaker on Panther
by Steve Sappington 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcXC/myic5rCgRDhSmCngbkEwTwYPwAq3G2gAAMxbaAAArbRYA== Answered my own question NO 2.0 does not run on Panther- Steve Sappington Hash, Inc. 400 West Evergreen Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98660 360-750-0042 www.hash.com -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+steve=hash.com(a)lists.apple.com [mailto:installer-dev-bounces+steve=hash.com@lists.apple.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sappington Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:59 PM To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: PackageMaker 2.0 on Panther Will PackageMaker 2.0 run on Panther, or do I need to use 1.2? What installs PackageMaker? CHUD Tools? XCode? How do I get updates? Will they come through software updates automatically? Steve Sappington Hash, Inc. 400 West Evergreen Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98660 360-750-0042 www.hash.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/steve%40hash.com This email sent to steve(a)hash.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

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PackageMaker 2.0 on Panther
by Steve Sappington 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcXC/myic5rCgRDhSmCngbkEwTwYPwAq3G2gAAMxbaA= Will PackageMaker 2.0 run on Panther, or do I need to use 1.2? What installs PackageMaker? CHUD Tools? XCode? How do I get updates? Will they come through software updates automatically? Steve Sappington Hash, Inc. 400 West Evergreen Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98660 360-750-0042 www.hash.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

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