June 2007 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

Re: PackageMaker -> Creating a custom screen
by Stéphane Sudre 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, juin 20, 2007, at 01:34 PM, Erez Kaplan wrote: Hi, PackageMaker Version 2.1.1 (123) 10.4.9 The answer is probably yes. You can find a sample code on the ADC website: http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/InstallerPluginSample/ _______________________________________________ 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.… Is it possible to create a custom screen (say to enter the users email, or select other options) You would need to add a plugin to your package. You can create a plugin using Xcode (there's an Installer plugin template project). This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Cross platform installer
by Steve Israelson 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com My deployment target is 10.3.9 or later. Has there been any other solutions found to this issue? _______________________________________________ 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 determine if PackageMaker can create a package that can install my application and also its data files where the data files are not in the package but are on the install disk in an external directory. I want to do this so that the Windows installer can also access these data files. The install is very simple, just the App, data files, and one defaults tweak to point at the data files. I saw a couple of threads on this subject and there was no good solution other that to write your own shell script to copy the files. If not, then I may resort to writing my own installer since I will be in full control of the install process then. Are there any gotchas with making your own installer? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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PackageMaker -> Creating a custom screen
by Erez Kaplan 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

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Re: command-line build Distribution Package
by Sam Fischmann 15 Jun '07

15 Jun '07

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Re: Can I dynamically create the list of items available to install based on environment capabilities and conditions?
by Luke Bellandi 15 Jun '07

15 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Jonathon, On Jun 5, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Jonathon Hardy wrote: Hi, Thanks for the suggestion Stéphane. This is exactly what I want to do - but, I don't know how to access the customization pane. I don't see any info on that in the docs on Apple's web site. Any suggestions on how to get access to the PackageSelection InstallerSection or the customPane InstallerPane or the CustomInstallerPage InstallerPane (I think that's what they're called ;-) ? Thanks, Jon Thanks, Luke --- Stéphane Sudre <ssudre2(a)wanadoo.fr> wrote: On mardi, juin 5, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Jonathon Hardy wrote: Hi, Thanks for the fast response. all encrypted and won't be installed unless the licensing exists on the target system. You can ARD to also install the licensing - if not it will skip the libraries. All of our other products can Premier. We sell those individually at different prices - but the actual product install packages the Final Cut Pro tools and not the Adobe Premier tools. If a user puts in a serial number for the Final Cut Pro tools and 3D libraries, we want to those in the list. There are several different combinations that can be purchased - and we're to only show what the customer bought instead of showing every package that's on the CD. Are you using a distribution script? I'm a newbie when it comes to distribution script but from what I can see in the doc.. (hmm the release notes), it supports property list reading. So maybe the idea could be to write the user's answer to a property list in a location readable by everyone (/tmp ?) and then, in the customization pane (which you probably want to be displayed by default), add some tests based on the values in this property list. My $0.02 _______________________________________________ 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.… Unfortunately this can't be done. The closest you can get to choices information from Installer plugins is via the InstallerState class which will return you *information* about choices and the user's selection, but won't let you affect their state. And there's no hook from the outside world into the Javascript used by the choices mechanism to allow you to affect your choices that way. I'd suggest filing an enhancement request at http://bugreporter.apple.com . I think that's OK for our 3D libraries because they're set-up be installed with ARD and I've tested that and it works - they either don't run without the licensing or they run in evaluation mode if the licensing isn't there. The part that I can't figure out is how to update the install display. For example, let's say that a user bought a tool that works with Final Cut Pro or Adobe are both on the CD. If a customer puts in a serial number for the Final Cut Pro version - we only want to show show trying ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting This email sent to luke(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Can I create different InstallerSections for install and upgrade?
by Luke Bellandi 15 Jun '07

15 Jun '07

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 You can write a preflight that checks for your installer receipts to see if this is an upgrade or install. Based on the result, you can skip the pane to go to the next pane or not. On Jun 1, 2007, at 6:31 AM, Yun Zhi Lin wrote: > Hi > > I have one installer plugin in my package and add an installer > section. I want this section appears only during an installation , > but not appear during upgrade. Is there any way to create diferent > sections for install and upgrade? > > _______________________________________________ > 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/mwu% > 40rochester.rr.com > > This email sent to mwu(a)rochester.rr.com

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Re: command-line build Distribution Package
by Mark Krenek 14 Jun '07

14 Jun '07

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RE: Destination Folder
by Mark Krenek 13 Jun '07

13 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcetK+VFne3I3YAfR+2o4rHfK2yP+gAy/O7U Thread-topic: Destination 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/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installer Plug-ins in Distribution Package?
by Christopher Ryan 13 Jun '07

13 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Gary, Imagine something like iLife (and it's parts). Chris On Jun 11, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Gary Pederson wrote: How do I add an installer plug-in to distribution 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/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.… FYI: On a whim I copied the Plugins folder from a regular mpkg into the built distribution mpkg and it seems to work. Now if I could only figure out why my IFRequirementDicts work in my pkg installers, work when those pkgs are in a regular mpkg, but don't work when those pkgs are in a distribution mpkg. That is because the whole point of a distribution is to control ALL the logic of a package installer. iTunes is shipped separately. It contains iTunes.app (in a pkg) and some drivers. When installing iTunes, it requires the app to be installed (why wouldn't you?). Now, put the SAME iTunes package in iLife and you want different behavior. You don't want iTunes required, since someone may want to only install iMovie, but you DO want to require the iTunes drivers if iTunes is installed. With distributions, the .dist file controls all of this in one place and ignores all pre-install time logic. Of course when the package is installed, the install time logic from the package is followed (file list, pre/post install/upgrade scripts). This email sent to ryanc(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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How can I perform custom file version checking ?
by Yun Zhi Lin 13 Jun '07

13 Jun '07

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 <dict> <key>./Contents/VersionFile</key>  <dict> <key>check</key> <string>builtin-check-name</string> <key>exec</key> <string>CheckVersion</string>  <key>data</key> <string>2</string> </dict> </dict>

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