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Install Failed: "Can't instantiate package"
by Stephen Greenfield 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AciD0MfiBqe3su/EEdydMgARJDVANg== Thread-topic: Install Failed: "Can't instantiate package" User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.4.0.080122 OK, I'm willing to concede this may be pilot error, but there really needs to be some kind of resources that can help with the myriad of issues Packagemaker 3 is presenting... Here I have a package that USED to install, now, for some reason, nothing installs -- even after deleting receipts. Error log from installer is below. A possible hint is that now the product package says it's "distribution", where when it worked it used to say "mixed". Other than that, I've looked at the settings from the packagemaker project that used to work and the one that doesn't, and other than the addition of an additional component to install some folders, everything else seems to be exactly the same. Anyone seen this? Stephen Mar 11 16:27:44 Macintosh Installer[1703]: PFPackage::packageWithURL - can't instantiate package: /Users/stepheng/dev/ProgramName/Install/ProgramName /Install ProgramName.pkg Mar 11 16:27:44 Macintosh Installer[1703]: Install failed: The Installer could not install the software because there was no software found to install. Mar 11 16:27:45 Macintosh Installer[1703]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI. Mar 11 16:27:45 Macintosh Installer[1703]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'Unable to install The Installer could not install the software because there was no software found to install.'. _______________________________________________ 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: Specifying logged in user's /Documents folder?
by Stéphane Sudre 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Mar 11, 2008, at 3:42 AM, Stephen Greenfield wrote: No. This option is only available for Mac OS X 10.5 and later. _______________________________________________ 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.… With Packagemaker 3, is there a way to specify installing the package into the logged-in user's /Documents folder in a manner that will work on 10.3.9 thru 10.5.x? If you want to have a solution that works from Mac OS X 10.3.9 to 10.5.x, you will need to use one of the usual workaround. For instance installing stuff in /tmp and then moving them using a postflight script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Specifying logged in user's /Documents folder?
by Stephen Greenfield 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AciDIZxU2rxfwu8UEdyJvAARJDVANg== Thread-topic: Specifying logged in user's /Documents folder? User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.4.0.080122 _______________________________________________ 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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Resource for newbies to get started using PackageMaker?
by Taylor.Armstrong 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Macintosh/20080213) thanks, Taylor I've repaired permissions multiple times to no avail. -- _______________________________________________ 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.… Relative newbie to packagebuilding here. I've been using PackageMaker under 10.4 for a while, building very simple packages (Thunderbird/Firefox installs, etc.) to push out over ARD. Nothing very complex. I'm now trying to use PackageMaker 3.0 under Leopard, and am about to pull my hair out. Every time I try to build a package, it crashes... every. single. time. Any comments there are welcome, but in the meantime, since joining this list, I'm realizing that I have a LOT to learn. Anyone have any good links/resources to getting my feet wet on OS X package building? I don't need anything overly complex yet, but want to make sure I'm doing things the right way before I get too comfortable doing anything the "wrong" way. ps... if anyone has a clue on why PackageMaker crashes every time... I'm all ears. I have the following error in the console after the crash: [0x0-0x3c03c],com,apple.PackageMaker[4609] Warning: Group ID 80 does not match 0 of root volume for "/Usr". Make sure to have disk permissions repaired with Disk Utlity. com.apple.launchd[785] ([0x0-0x3c03c].com.apple.PackageMaker[4609]) Exited abnormally: Trace/BPT trap ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W. Taylor Armstrong Taylor.Armstrong(a)noaa.gov National Ocean Service IT Support 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone (301) 713-2644 http://nos.noaa.gov/ IT Support Request Email: nos.helpdesk(a)noaa.gov ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Drive selection in 10.5
by Mark Krenek 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Mark On Mar 5, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: On Mar 5, 2008, at 4:49 PM, John Williams wrote: Hi, Here's the scenario (shortened a bit) - Restart mac (to ensure a clean slate) - Run installer - Click through license agreement - Get volume selection page - Pick a volume and continue - Get custom install page - Click continue - Get ready to install page - Quit installer This problem is visible with the Xcode installer for instance. _______________________________________________ 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/mark%40aspyr.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.… It's a known bug/feature. I've filed a radar bug and Apple has responded that it is a know issue. Here's my understanding of the issue after taking to some of the Installer engineers: It is a feature (added in Leopard?) that "Destination Select" is skipped if there is only one volume to choose from. What I was reporting is that it even skips this screen when you have multiple volumes. Occasionally, the "Destination Select" is not selected, but that appears to happen only when the volume checking code inside the Installer has not finished up by the time you get to the "Destination Select" screen. Basically, the feature probably got to smart for itself. I think they are looking to fix this. I have a distribution created with PackageMaker 2.1.1 that is working oddly on 10.5. - Run installer again (without restarting) - Click through license agreement - Get custom install page (no volume selection page) - Click Continue - Get ready to install page, but this time there's a Change Install Location button -- Clicking this button takes you back to the License Agreement page -- You can never get to the volume selection page The installer is set to always show a Custom install since we have various plug-ins, system startup files, standalone apps, etc that can be installed. I'm assuming OS X is caching the location requirements somewhere but I haven't been able to figure a way around this. Any ideas? IMHO, It's a bug. I'm not able to find the Radar number for it but I'm pretty sure I reported it a long time ago (1 year ago). It could be 5007444 which was a duplicate of 4594713. Basically, what you will see depends on whether Punxsutawney Phil sees its shadow or Bill Murray. Which is not a good thing for end- users (and Phil). This email sent to mark(a)aspyr.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Installer removes "outdated" folders, doesn't install new ones!
by Stephen Greenfield 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AciAqN9XHia6HOycEdyzIAARJDVANg== Thread-topic: Installer removes "outdated" folders, doesn't install new ones! User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.4.0.080122 _______________________________________________ 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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Trouble writing to InfoPlist.strings
by Carl Smith 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Importance: normal Priority: normal Thread-index: AciAn9jYK9wkU0LETVS+iCWOE7goyw== Thread-topic: Trouble writing to InfoPlist.strings _______________________________________________ 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: Running cmd as logged in user from admin script
by Alexander Cohen 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Nice, thank you. AC On 7-Mar-08, at 10:37 AM, Fritz Anderson wrote: On 7 Mar 2008, at 9:31 AM, Alexander Cohen wrote: su $USER -c "/path/to/command" If it's an application: su $USER -c "open /Applications/MyApplication.app" — F _______________________________________________ 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 have an installer that has a script that runs after the install. The installer is run with admin privileges. From the script, i need to run a cmd as the currently logged in user. Is there a way to do that ? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Running cmd as logged in user from admin script
by Fritz Anderson 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On 7 Mar 2008, at 9:31 AM, Alexander Cohen wrote: su $USER -c "/path/to/command" If it's an application: su $USER -c "open /Applications/MyApplication.app" — F _______________________________________________ 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 have an installer that has a script that runs after the install. The installer is run with admin privileges. From the script, i need to run a cmd as the currently logged in user. Is there a way to do that ? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Running cmd as logged in user from admin script
by Alexander Cohen 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, thanks AC _______________________________________________ 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 have an installer that has a script that runs after the install. The installer is run with admin priviledges. From the script, i need to run a cmd as the currently logged in user. Is there a way to do that ? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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