October 2008 - Installer-dev

A question about locations within a package, vis-à-vis postinstall script
by OSullivan, Steve 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AckzqYuERSZVhlK0rEeZAa8pLR1e3A== Thread-topic: A question about locations within a package, vis-à-vis postinstall script User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.12.0.080729 Good morning all, I am creating an installer package using PackageMaker 3.0.2 from the command line. I am running a postinstall script that overall seems to work well (it is triggered and most of its commands are carried out.) The problem lies in the fact that I am trying to copy a launch daemon plist from the package to /Library/LaunchDaemons, and I cannot seem to find the proper syntax to tell the script where the launch daemon plist is located in the installer. Things are laid out like this (examining the package with Pacifist): engine.pkg pkgbaseengine.pkg scripts postinstall Resources launch daemon plist In my postinstall script, I am using the following line to try and place the launch daemon plist in the appropriate place which so far fails: sudo ditto ../Resources/com.company.launchd.engine_osx.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/ As of right now, I do not know how to properly identify the starting location of the launch daemon to be able to copy it into the /Library/LaunchDaemons directory. I really appreciate any and all thoughts! TIA, Steve O'Sullivan _______________________________________________ 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-dev] N00b? Why is the App not in /Applications?
by Ulf Dunkel 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Organization: invers Software & DSD.net User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18pre (Windows/20081020) Hi Alexander. HTH, -Ulf _______________________________________________ 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 install a very simple Application in /Applications, but it always ends up being copied back onto the source. Anyone have an idea why? Select your app in Contents, then check the "Components" view of "Package: myApp". Did you check "Allow Relocation"? You might want to uncheck this checkbox. It allows PackageMaker to scan your hard drive for other places where your app has already been placed (and run, I guess). If I have my source app bundle in /iDev/myApp/Build/, the installer will never copy it to /Applications/ when this checkbox is set. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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SOLVED: [installer-dev] Postinstall Script: Where is my Software?
by Alexander von Below 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com There is the answer: Alex Am 21.10.2008 um 13:53 schrieb Alexander von Below: Hello, I have tried to RTFM and STFW, but to no avail... Thanks a lot Alex _______________________________________________ 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/below%40mac.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.… "A relocatable component is one that may be moved by the user after it’s installed. For example, after installing an application into / Applications, a user with administrator privileges may move it to / Volumes/Family/Applications. When the user installs a relocatable component a second time on the same computer, the Installer application searches for the component’s existing files in additional locations in the file system, not just the location at which the component was installed, according to the Installer package database)." Can my post-installation script find out where the user actually installed the software, i.e. if "Allow custom location" is set? I would like to allow users to install the software anywhere on their machine, but I need to run some script on it. This email sent to below(a)mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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[installer-dev] N00b? Why is the App not in /Applications?
by Alexander von Below 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello, Thanks Alex _______________________________________________ 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.… pardon my second question in short successon, but either I have completely failed to understand package maker, or there is a fundamental flaw with it. I am trying to install a very simple Application in /Applications, but it always ends up being copied back onto the source. Anyone have an idea why? My very tiny sample project is at http://software.vonbelow.com/InstallTest.zip and I would very much appreciate if someone could have a look This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: [installer-dev] Postinstall Script: Where is my Software?
by Mario Emmenlauer 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) Hi, Hello, I have tried to RTFM and STFW, but to no avail... I have searched quite a while for the exact same question. The answer is hidden (or not hidden, depending how you look at it:-) in Apples SoftwareDeliveryGuide, page 46: http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/Software… [...] The following list describes the arguments and environment variables available to install operation executables. Note that not all environment variables are available to all executables (see Table 7-2 (page 47)). $1: Full path to the installation package the Installer application is processing. For example: /Volumes/Users/michelle/Desktop/Levon.mpkg $2: Full path to the installation destination. For example: /Applications $3: Installation volume (or mountpoint) to receive the payload. For example: / $4: The root directory for the system: / $SCRIPT_NAME: Filename of the operation executable. For example: preflight $PACKAGE_PATH: Full path to the installation package. Same as $1. $INSTALLER_TEMP: Scratch directory used by Installer to place its temporary work files. Install operations may use this area for their temporary work, too, but must not overwrite any Installer files. The Installer application erases this directory at the end of the install. For example: /private/tmp/.Levon.pkg.897.install $RECEIPT_PATH: Full path to a temporary directory containing the operation executable. This is a subdirectory of $INSTALLER_TEMP. This location may vary between installs. The executable can use this path to locate other files in the package. For example: /private/tmp/.Levon.pkg.897.install/Receipts/Levon.pkg/Contents/Resources [...] Cheers, Mario _______________________________________________ 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.… Alexander von Below wrote: Can my post-installation script find out where the user actually installed the software, i.e. if "Allow custom location" is set? I would like to allow users to install the software anywhere on their machine, but I need to run some script on it. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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[installer-dev] Postinstall Script: Where is my Software?
by Alexander von Below 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello, I have tried to RTFM and STFW, but to no avail... Thanks a lot Alex _______________________________________________ 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.… Can my post-installation script find out where the user actually installed the software, i.e. if "Allow custom location" is set? I would like to allow users to install the software anywhere on their machine, but I need to run some script on it. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Building distros for Mac OS X
by Rudá Moura 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On 20/10/2008, at 21:14, Don Montalvo wrote: "Steffan A. Cline" <steffan(a)hldns.com> wrote: I would suggest you to look my project: http://rudix.org/ Check this URL: http://rudix.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/rudix/Rudix-2008/ under ports/ and Library/Rules.mk - Rudá _______________________________________________ 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.… Has anyone seen a tool capable reading a makefile script and determine where all the files are and where they should go and then copy them into a directory structure so that they can be installed by apple installer? I know that Mike at easysw.com (now with Apple) had made epm that would read a list file and create a simple package for installation by command line but I have found only a couple distros that actually use such a file. Any ideas or suggestions? because I maintaing a buildsystem and (possibly) would help you to create a pkg from a directory tree. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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problem with Iceberg hanging?
by Bill Janssen 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I've given up on PackageMaker, and switched over to using Iceberg instead, to build my metapackage with. However, I've got this problem that Iceberg occasionally hangs when I tell it to "Build". It's not stuck; I can still do things with the app, it's just that the build doesn't progress. No idea why -- there appear to be no Iceberg log files or error messages, but I do notice in the console log that the automounter seems to be enumerating all possible mount points -- don't know if Iceberg is causing that. We run in a big NFS environment, with the special NIS map for the Apple automounter, and hundreds of mount points, so scanning all mount points is an expensive operation. In any case, after the scan completes, the build still doesn't make any progress, so I don't know if that has any relevance. I've been able to clear this "hang" state once, by re-starting Iceberg, but now I'm stuck again, and this time even re-booting the machine doesn't seem to help. Anyone know of Iceberg log files or other things I could inspect for more info? Iceberg 1.2.4 on Intel OS X 10.5.5. Bill _______________________________________________ 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: Building distros for Mac OS X
by Don Montalvo 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com "Steffan A. Cline" <steffan(a)hldns.com> wrote: Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks pkgGen? Don _______________________________________________ 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.… Has anyone seen a tool capable reading a makefile script and determine where all the files are and where they should go and then copy them into a directory structure so that they can be installed by apple installer? I know that Mike at easysw.com (now with Apple) had made epm that would read a list file and create a simple package for installation by command line but I have found only a couple distros that actually use such a file. Steffan This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Specialized Paths
by Iceberg-Dev 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding :from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=GJBqDN3UpHf0676D8crIYKp59OdnDJE2TICDOQwtB+Q=; b=XlsGvP5O3LVq2ZgryPJaasnptBC1x6Hy6lpXX90BDjOxpn9ujHHqnt+l4XF0Y1b51i G4dBClbK2/waTA2DGCFI39muwJYziBgsNRoCG5yX1zNmQCgNBXA8YfiUOk3Ae3DNOQSs ng3neVszgGD5iwwGg4TX86qqeY8JcgB8+as1U= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=sawp8+yZkeFcoV9BYwlm8tky16pUKSZDjiUWraKfFHD0aBCgYhIpwHCx5W15jCAQbF ST8ZvsKvkmxJlzQcxbfpBQZL44tCkafMWSGVxWXdraYvG8JtsazwkJZ0ULbxsHlEp3gG y4NIDzH2YOhLh26VYqQ2g73p7YAhzXx54xEwQ= On Oct 19, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Steffan A. Cline wrote: Does anyone have any good examples of how to build customizations/configurations for the Installer.app? o Domains o Search Locator o Wrapper _______________________________________________ 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 need to prompt for a location of where to place the installed files. For example, I am building a plugin for Lasso. There is a "root" folder where a module could be accessible to all users or in a specific user/site folder. I'd need to read a list of directories and offer them as options. Any suggestions? o Installer Plugin + redirection (if the receipts bug/annoyance has been fixed) This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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