August 2006 - Installer-dev

Is it legal to package "Plistbuddy" in our product?
by rohit dhamija 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

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Problem with Hints.plist trick
by Glenn Zelniker 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com All, 1. I don't want my panicky users to see the error message 2. The error prevented the postflight script from executing Glenn Zelniker _______________________________________________ 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'm building an installation package and I've attempted using a Hints.plist file in the package's Resources folder to prevent the installer from deleting a file in one of the directories that gets used for part of the installation. Hints.plist looks like this: <?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"> <array> <array> <string>/Library/Application Support/This Particular Application/my- sqlite.db</string> <string>dontobsolete</string> </array> </array> </plist> In other words, I don't want the installer to trash the file my- sqlite.db in the /Library/Application Support/This Particular Application directory. This scheme *almost* works. Indeed, the file does not get deleted, as desired. But the installer generates an error, saying that some of the files may not have been installed. I can verify that all of the files were installed, so the "may" part of the error is technically true. But there are two bigger problems: Is there something I need to do to the pmproj file to prevent this error from being thrown? I'm not telling the pmproj about Hints.plist; I drop it into the .pkg manually after the fact because I don't really understand how to specify the stuff in the Hints file from within Package Maker. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to get view's window?
by Michael Wu 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

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Re: Installing x11
by Rick Sustek 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

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Re: Installing x11
by Daniel Macks 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 09:34:17AM -0700, Luke Bellandi wrote: > On Aug 12, 2006, at 6:58 AM, Walter wrote: > > > >My app requires the user to install X11 from the OSX install disks. > >Is there something I can include in my installer so the user is not > >required to find their install disks? Can I include X11 in my > >installer? If yes, how? > > Apple makes this available separately from the install discs. You can > put in a requirement check that will prevent your software from being > installed if X11 is not installed on the system. In your error > message, you can redirect the user to Apple's web-page to download the > X11 package (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html > ). Tell them to install that, then to install your software. Unless something has changed quite recently, the X11 downloadable from that site is for 10.3 only, and the one for 10.4 is only available on the Tiger installer disks. dan -- Daniel Macks dmacks(a)netspace.org http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks _______________________________________________ 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: How to get view's window?
by Luke Bellandi 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

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Re: Installing x11
by Stéphane Sudre 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mardi, août 15, 2006, at 12:59 PM, Walter wrote: What is the proper way to check for X11? Walter On 8/14/06 12:34 PM, "Luke Bellandi" <luke(a)apple.com> wrote: On Aug 12, 2006, at 6:58 AM, Walter wrote: Hi, My app requires the user to install X11 from the OSX install disks. Is there something I can include in my installer so the user is not required to find their install disks? Can I include X11 in my installer? If yes, how? - Luke Walter _______________________________________________ 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.… Maybe the easiest way is to use an InstallationCheck, first look for the availability of the X11/R6 stuff in /something, then you could look for the existence of X11 in /Applications but since it has been moved, this may be more tricky and require a secondary tool using LaunchServices API to locate the X11 application. -- Stephane Sudre Are any samples available? I'm not sure how to do this and would love to examine something that already does something similar. Apple makes this available separately from the install discs. You can put in a requirement check that will prevent your software from being installed if X11 is not installed on the system. In your error message, you can redirect the user to Apple's web-page to download the X11 package (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html ). Tell them to install that, then to install your software. This email sent to luke(a)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/ ssudre2%40wanadoo.fr This email sent to ssudre2(a)wanadoo.fr ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installing x11
by Walter 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcbAWdexFgHhmyxNEduJoAAWy8yhdA== Thread-topic: Installing x11 User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.5.060620 Are any samples available? I'm not sure how to do this and would love to examine something that already does something similar. What is the proper way to check for X11? Walter On 8/14/06 12:34 PM, "Luke Bellandi" <luke(a)apple.com> wrote: > > On Aug 12, 2006, at 6:58 AM, Walter wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> My app requires the user to install X11 from the OSX install disks. >> Is >> there something I can include in my installer so the user is not >> required to >> find their install disks? Can I include X11 in my installer? If >> yes, how? > > Apple makes this available separately from the install discs. You can > put in a requirement check that will prevent your software from being > installed if X11 is not installed on the system. In your error > message, you can redirect the user to Apple's web-page to download the > X11 package (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html > ). Tell them to install that, then to install your software. > > - Luke > > >> Walter >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> This email sent to luke(a)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

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How to get view's window?
by Michael Wu 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com NSWindow *myWin = [[self contentView] window]; or NSWindow *myWin = [contentView windw]; or NSWindow *myWin = [[[self contentView] superview] window]; It does not get any window on 10.4.7. This works when I was at WWDC06. Any suggestions? _______________________________________________ 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 using xCode 2.4 and PPC tried to use the sample installer plugin from xCode 2.4 to access the Installer window from contentView by using: The reason to get the window so that I can use: beginSheetForDirectory call. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installing x11
by Luke Bellandi 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Aug 12, 2006, at 6:58 AM, Walter wrote: Hi, - Luke Walter _______________________________________________ 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.… My app requires the user to install X11 from the OSX install disks. Is there something I can include in my installer so the user is not required to find their install disks? Can I include X11 in my installer? If yes, how? Apple makes this available separately from the install discs. You can put in a requirement check that will prevent your software from being installed if X11 is not installed on the system. In your error message, you can redirect the user to Apple's web-page to download the X11 package (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html ). Tell them to install that, then to install your software. This email sent to luke(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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