March 2006 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

Re: Apple Installer - How to Customize "Easy Install" description?
by Luke Bellandi 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Josef, - Luke On Mar 7, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Joska Andrýsek wrote: Thank you very much for any hint. Josef _______________________________________________ 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/luke%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.… This string isn't customizable. It's retrieved from the Installer application's resources. If you'd like it to be customizable, please file an enhancement request at http://bugreporter.apple.com Hi, please is it possible to change the default informational text shown in the "easy install" pane of the installer? It contains "Click Install to perform a basic installation of this software ....". I want to display more specific information, but I did not find how to do it. I think it is not possible, but maybe someone knows how to do it. This email sent to luke(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Apple Installer - How to Customize "Easy Install" description?
by Joska Andrýsek 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thank you very much for any hint. Josef _______________________________________________ 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.… Hi, please is it possible to change the default informational text shown in the "easy install" pane of the installer? It contains "Click Install to perform a basic installation of this software ....". I want to display more specific information, but I did not find how to do it. I think it is not possible, but maybe someone knows how to do it. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Upgrading pre-installed software
by Bill Coderre 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com (Yes, uninstaller support for the Apple Installer. Maybe someday.) _______________________________________________ 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.… On Mar 7, 2006, at 6:08 AM, Greg Gunston wrote: We have made a metapackage installer that checks for a previous version of our software. On upgrading the software, the metapackage recognizes that a previous version has been installed and changes the "Install" button to say Upgrade. The problem however is if the user clicks Customize to see a list of packages. Because not all of software the in each of the individual packages have been upgraded, some of the packages under the action column say upgrade and the file size is 0 bytes, but there is still a check mark next to them. How can I not have a check mark next to a package within a metapackge when doing the upgrade if that specific software does not need to be upgraded. Basically I want the software to skip over that package if it is up to date. Although it's POSSIBLE to work around this inbuilt behavior of the installer with InstallationCheck/VolumeCheck scripts, Apple doesn't do this because they believe that by reinstalling stuff that's already installed, "bit rot" gets repaired, thus reducing the number of support calls. This may in fact be true, but at least it's easier than instructing the user how to un-install software and then re-install, if there's "skip if it's already installed" stuff in the scripts. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Another way to check for the root volume?
by Bill Coderre 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

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Re: Another way to check for the root volume?
by Stéphane Sudre 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mardi, mars 7, 2006, at 03:06 PM, Greg Gunston 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 know through PackageMaker you can use the checkbox for Root Volume Only. Is there a way in which you can find the Root Volume with a VolumeCheck script and then tell the installer that this volume is the root and disregard the other mounted volumes? I think the $1 or $ARGV[0] parameter of the VolumeCheck script may help you. IIRC, the Root volume is '/' while the other volumes are '/Volumes/Something'. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Upgrading pre-installed software
by Christopher Ryan 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

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Upgrading pre-installed software
by Greg Gunston 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

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Another way to check for the root volume?
by Greg Gunston 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

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Re: public generic wizard framework?
by Christopher Ryan 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Nathan, Sorry for not responding to your previous e-mail on a similar light. There is no common way to do this at this point. Chris -nh ---- Nathan Herring MacBU SDE/Development _______________________________________________ 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/ryanc%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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com To that evail, I don't know of any guideline on making an Installer/ Assistant and I agree that they should all look similar (and it is unfortunate when we people do the interface from scratch and Apple updates the UI and makes everything else look out of place). Installer plugins shouldn't be used in other apps, as they will change drastically from release to release as bugs are fixed and features are added. I would file a bug and make some noise and maybe we could publish a public "assistant" framework which could serve this purpose. The Tiger installer allows for custom installer plugins, that, if they conform to the API, allow themselves to be loaded into a view and interact with the user. The InstallerSections.plist controls the order of those sections. Apple's built-in sections are in the Installer.app's PlugIns directory. Similarly, from a casual inspection of /System/Library/CoreServices/ Setup Assistant.app and some of the other Setup Assistants in that folder, that they too have a series of bundles representing views, though they live in the Resources section of those applications. Is there some commonly usable generic wizard framework where any app can present a list of view bundles and have it operate like the Installer section/panes or Setup Assistants? One that would get updated with appropriate UI changes if the Installer/Setup Assistants get updated in a major release? Or, to turn this on its head, can an application host the Installer.app plugins in itself (usefully)? This email sent to ryanc(a)apple.com smime.p7s

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public generic wizard framework?
by Nathan Herring 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcZBi2/UQ69xcesnTrOttidwn7qRpw== Thread-topic: public generic wizard framework? The Tiger installer allows for custom installer plugins, that, if they conform to the API, allow themselves to be loaded into a view and interact with the user. The InstallerSections.plist controls the order of those sections. Apple's built-in sections are in the Installer.app's PlugIns directory. Similarly, from a casual inspection of /System/Library/CoreServices/Setup Assistant.app and some of the other Setup Assistants in that folder, that they too have a series of bundles representing views, though they live in the Resources section of those applications. Is there some commonly usable generic wizard framework where any app can present a list of view bundles and have it operate like the Installer section/panes or Setup Assistants? One that would get updated with appropriate UI changes if the Installer/Setup Assistants get updated in a major release? Or, to turn this on its head, can an application host the Installer.app plugins in itself (usefully)? -nh ---- Nathan Herring MacBU SDE/Development _______________________________________________ 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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