February 2008 - Installer-dev

How to make Installer find installed location when do upgrade and IFPkgFlagRelocatable is set to true
by Fosse 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

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New to PackageMaker 3.0, could use some help
by Robert Kukuchka 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks in advance for any help I can get ~Rob _______________________________________________ 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.… Hello, In the past I've done a mediocre amount of PackageMaker installation packages, strictly through the GUI interface. Typically it was only when I needed a KEXT installation, as most other products could handle manual installation procedures. I've changed jobs and now I'm the resident "Mac Guy" and have been prompted with a more complicated installation request. I've read over the Package Maker docs, and the Software Distribution docs, but I'm still a bit confused on a few issues. First I'll explain my goal for the installer. •The installer needs to first determine the system version being installed onto and make a logical branch for various components based on that. I've been able to easily replicate this by selecting the component title, not item, and setting the specific Requirements. After the installer makes the first logical branch, the end user is to be displayed a message at which point they can either continue with the installation, or quit (long winded explanation why). This message is NOT needed on the other logical branch. Is there anyway for the UI of the installer to be dynamic with respect to Requirements? •Some of the installation content are packages from a third party. Only the issue is these packages contain multiple items to install, such as Frameworks and KEXTs. How can I adjust my Distribution Package in PackageMaker GUI (or through command line) to properly install these packages? When I add them as an item in PackageMaker they set their Installation Location to /. In previous PM I was used to the notion you had to create a file structure which mirrored the installation locations, does current PackageMaker not notice this and adjust it's installation locations accordingly? Other Issues: •I've noticed some weird "radial" behavior on the customized install screen. If say I have 2 packages and PDF as content to be installed, and I try to select / deselect various items I'm getting some toggling between the content. What is causing this and how/can I get it go away? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Fwd: logGen feature request
by Don Montalvo 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com FYI... Begin forwarded message: From: David Pugh <dpugh(a)umich.edu> Date: February 25, 2008 11:36:34 AM GMT-04:00 To: Don Montalvo <donmontalvo(a)mac.com> Subject: Re: logGen feature request http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsait/admin/mac/software/index.asp _______________________________________________ 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.… Hey Don - just wanted to drop you a quick note that I just released a new version of logGen that incorporated some of the features you were looking for, along with a couple others. --Dave This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: On Updated Application CFBundleGetInfoString not correct until Log Out
by Bill Coderre 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

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On Updated Application CFBundleGetInfoString not correct until Log Out
by Stephen Greenfield 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

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Re: PackageMaker plug-in for a "Show ReadMe" panel?
by Stéphane Sudre 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Feb 24, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: On Feb 23, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Eddy wrote: I'm looking for a PackageMaker plug-in that would show a panel after installation was complete that had a checkbox that said something like: [X] Show ReadMe When checked and the user clicks "Continue", it would open a URL that is specified during package creation (or the URL specified in a file included in the Resources folder). Has something like this already been written? This is pretty easy. http://s.sudre.free.fr/files/ShowReadMe.zip (56 KB) Hope it can help. -- Stephane _______________________________________________ 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.… AFAIK, you just need to overwrite - (void)willExitPane: (InstallerSectionDirection)dir; and deal with the InstallerDirectionForward direction. To illustrate the "pretty" easy statement, I have put up a small project that does this. In case, a 3rd party tool is used to create the package, there's also a simple project for this tool included in the archive. In this plug-in project, the ReadMe file is a RTF file within the plugin, it could be possible to relocate the RTF file to the package project. This would require modifying the code a bit so that the path points to the right location. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker plug-in for a "Show ReadMe" panel?
by Stéphane Sudre 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Feb 23, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Eddy wrote: I'm looking for a PackageMaker plug-in that would show a panel after installation was complete that had a checkbox that said something like: [X] Show ReadMe When checked and the user clicks "Continue", it would open a URL that is specified during package creation (or the URL specified in a file included in the Resources folder). Has something like this already been written? This is pretty easy. _______________________________________________ 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.… AFAIK, you just need to overwrite - (void)willExitPane: (InstallerSectionDirection)dir; and deal with the InstallerDirectionForward direction. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Create Alias w Leopard PackageMaker
by Don Montalvo 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Don Jim Hoyt <jimhoyt1(a)mac.com> wrote: First, thank you for taking your time to help me. Very kind of you. I put the code you sent (below) in a file named MakeLink.rtf and put a reference to that file in the PostFlight Script field in the Package screen. PackageMaker builds the installer successfully, so it is reading the script file, but Installer fails when it tries to run the script. The folder and file names are correct in this script. I am guessing that the $3 gets the hard drive name (or root), and the $user is the current user. I must still be leaving something out. Any more thoughts? On Feb 23, 2008, at 3:25 AM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 9:18 PM, Jim Hoyt wrote: Thanks, but I only got more confused. I am not an XCode developer, just a lowly Filemaker Developer. Using Terminal I found that using this command: ln -s /Applications/Compass_4.0.13/Compass.app ~/Desktop/ Start_Compass does exactly what I want. Problem is, I don't know how to make that happen as a script called by the installer. . It's not an alias but a symbolic link. Symbolic links are cheap aliases. . If you want to go this way, you would need to add a postflight script that would look like this: #!/bin/sh /bin/ln -s $3/Applications/Compass_4.0.13/Compass.app $USER/Desktop/ Start_Compass _______________________________________________ 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.… It should be named exactly "postflight" (or "preflight", etc.) and it has to be plain text and executable. I am assuming I don't need to change anything in the script you sent me. Any thoughts? exit 0 This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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PackageMaker plug-in for a "Show ReadMe" panel?
by Eddy 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

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Re: Create Alias w Leopard PackageMaker
by Jim Hoyt 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com First, thank you for taking your time to help me. Very kind of you. I am assuming I don't need to change anything in the script you sent me. I must still be leaving something out. Any more thoughts? On Feb 23, 2008, at 3:25 AM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: . On Feb 22, 2008, at 9:18 PM, Jim Hoyt wrote: Using Terminal I found that using this command: does exactly what I want. #!/bin/sh exit 0 _______________________________________________ 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 put the code you sent (below) in a file named MakeLink.rtf and put a reference to that file in the PostFlight Script field in the Package screen. PackageMaker builds the installer successfully, so it is reading the script file, but Installer fails when it tries to run the script. The folder and file names are correct in this script. I am guessing that the $3 gets the hard drive name (or root), and the $user is the current user. Thanks, but I only got more confused. I am not an XCode developer, just a lowly Filemaker Developer. ln -s /Applications/Compass_4.0.13/Compass.app ~/Desktop/ Start_Compass Problem is, I don't know how to make that happen as a script called by the installer. Any thoughts? . It's not an alias but a symbolic link. Symbolic links are cheap aliases. . If you want to go this way, you would need to add a postflight script that would look like this: /bin/ln -s $3/Applications/Compass_4.0.13/Compass.app $USER/Desktop/ Start_Compass _______________________________________________ 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/ jimhoyt1%40mac.com This email sent to jimhoyt1(a)mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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