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Changing the installer reciept name
by Ron Aldrich 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Any suggestions? Thanks, Ron Aldrich Software Architects, Inc. _______________________________________________ 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 change the installer reciept names which are generated by Package Maker when building a distribution package? I have a package which installs the user's guide, named "UserGuide- EN". The package identifier that was created by Package Maker for it was "com.softarch.flashauthority.userguideen.pkg". The reciept that is created when the package is installed is "userguideen.pkg", which seems a bit too "vanilla". I'd like my reciepts to use the entire package identifier (i.e. com.softarch.flashauthority.userguideen.pkg) so that when my uninstaller deletes them, it knows it's getting the right one. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: build metapackage from command line
by Ron Aldrich 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Ron Aldrich Software Architects, Inc. On Jun 5, 2008, at 10:27 PM, Christopher Burns wrote: I'm trying to build a metapackage from the command line and can't seem to figure out how to do it. I have several packages in a 'packages' subdirectory, each of which install when run independently. I'm calling packagemaker with the following options: packagemaker --root ./packages --out py4science-pack.mpkg --id edu.berkeley.py4science It builds, has a size ~20M, it 'runs' (steps through the dialog, asking for password, etc...) but nothing gets installed. What am I missing? _______________________________________________ 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 ran into the same problem when I upgraded to XCode 3. It seems that the new package maker doesn't support the creation of metapackages anymore (Metapackages were deprecated with the introduction of Distribution packages along about Mac OS X 10.4). I worked around it by keeping a copy of the old package maker application fro XCode 2 around. I did find that I was able to eliminate a whole lot of scripting from my build when I switched to using the new Distribution packages, so I'm only using the old version for legacy projects now. Thanks! Christopher _______________________________________________ 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/raldrich %40mac.com This email sent to raldrich(a)mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Newbie Question
by Adil Saleem 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=P1xuUdxw3pd4KwVPOsdJLIWn2tDam028jz+y1Zq4s7HLPh10Cfd+RoI9VBVY3jlzIkQ0e3McFEgUBHljNWImxcz92zaEfyGw+3RmsffdscMAyzlZnkYZpKfbXOfDXFCyRWzeUMQnh3pshAN8jOVevX/WTO8XfLWw/4h2gFPyo+I=; Hi, I am using PackageMaker for the first time. I am stuck at a point. I have an application(for which i want to make installer package). It has a file in it's bundle whose owner is root. All other files in the bundle have current user as owner (not root). In order to preserve the root ownership of that single file, i am using root authentication in package settings. But doing so creates a problem. When the package is built, it hardcodes the owner of other files and the resultant application does not work with other uers. For example: I am logged in as user "ABC". When i build the package, owner of files is set as "ABC". Now when i install this package with some other user where i am logged in as "XYZ", the installed application does not launch becasue it's owner is set as "ABC" whereas i am logged in as "XYZ". Please guide me how can i make sure that the currently logged in user is set as the owner of files. Thank you for your patience. _______________________________________________ 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: AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges() error -60008 on installer
by Fritz Anderson 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On 6 Jun 2008, at 4:30 AM, Kazuyoshi Matsumoto wrote: Hi, I'm developer of Smart Card Application on MacOS. There is a PROBLEM(below) in Installer of our Application on MacOSX 10.5 Leopard. Please Help me, Does someone have any infomation? [PROBLEM] 1.Our Installer is Developed by XCode 3.0 (PackageMaker). 2.The installer call some APLICATION(called app-a) developped by Java + JarBundler in postinstall script. 3.app-a have native code(JNI). 4.The native code call some tool requier Administrator rights. 5.So the native code call AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges() (Authorization API), but returned -60008. 6.In Tiget Emvironment there is no problem, but In Leopard Emvironment DOES Occurred. This case is similer to bellow case. http://lists.apple.com/archives/apple-cdsa/2008/Mar/msg00011.html <http://lists.apple.com/archives/apple-cdsa/2008/Mar/msg00014.html> — 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.… Clicking the "Next by Thread" link would have taken you to the answer, or at least helped you develop your question. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges() error -60008 on installer
by Kazuyoshi Matsumoto 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, I'm developer of Smart Card Application on MacOS. There is a PROBLEM(below) in Installer of our Application on MacOSX 10.5 Leopard. Please Help me, Does someone have any infomation? [PROBLEM] 1.Our Installer is Developed by XCode 3.0 (PackageMaker). 2.The installer call some APLICATION(called app-a) developped by Java + JarBundler in postinstall script. 3.app-a have native code(JNI). 4.The native code call some tool requier Administrator rights. 5.So the native code call AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges() (Authorization API), but returned -60008. 6.In Tiget Emvironment there is no problem, but In Leopard Emvironment DOES Occurred. This case is similer to bellow case. http://lists.apple.com/archives/apple-cdsa/2008/Mar/msg00011.html -- kazumatu _______________________________________________ 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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build metapackage from command line
by Christopher Burns 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '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:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; bh=50EKcoC4/EnCk92pwFIYtkWHbj0gK5Q3RAHAKYLr3/s=; b=PpqnFIwWEUzK6UKjl7o7FDjWoVsNn+BWgoLf2fjg+Y/WFy3eZ+XgXOkgagchpj+NNn Pc31xDR7mEPaVxc7e017Rp2UiTTCPzmcjC7uWcDtNzYSE8aSw5IpGREXnWE5/H6+VMue XXrrl53+CNZ0DU1Pc3dBwl/5LceredEl3DxSc= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; b=HiBT7uGvEnXZ3YVydoyUY3FDHEcxLa6Hk1RHlH+buGJVYIrvJ23E0Izh+ifz7IgFxk 2DnByP326P6l5U5nhquMfLEZDPlEZOEDS5Eqqjs2GVH7K+nD7jdXd4jom2WGJeF8IWFs WJ0HbybLU4z3Ic+l6KDDM3/1zXnVltd5DAwYU= I'm trying to build a metapackage from the command line and can't seem to figure out how to do it. I have several packages in a 'packages' subdirectory, each of which install when run independently. I'm calling packagemaker with the following options: packagemaker --root ./packages --out py4science-pack.mpkg --id edu.berkeley.py4science It builds, has a size ~20M, it 'runs' (steps through the dialog, asking for password, etc...) but nothing gets installed. What am I missing? Thanks! Christopher _______________________________________________ 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: Installing into multiple locations w/ menu
by Stéphane Sudre 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com It's probably 50 lines of code. Something like this: #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h> #import <InstallerPlugins/InstallerPlugins.h> @interface PhotoshopSelectorPane : InstallerPane { IBOutlet id IBarray_; // Data int selectedInstanceIndex_; NSMutableArray * array_; } @end ----------------------------------------- #import "PhotoshopSelectorPane.h" #include <unistd.h> @implementation PhotoshopSelectorPane - (void) awakeFromNib { NSButtonCell * tPrototypeCell = nil; NSTableColumn *tableColumn = nil; tableColumn = [IBoutlineView_ tableColumnWithIdentifier: @"State"]; tPrototypeCell = [[NSButtonCell alloc] initTextCell: @""]; [tPrototypeCell setControlSize:NSSmallControlSize]; [tPrototypeCell setEditable: YES]; [tPrototypeCell setButtonType: NSRadioButton]; [tPrototypeCell setImagePosition: NSImageOnly]; [tableColumn setDataCell:tPrototypeCell]; [tPrototypeCell release]; // Do some work here to find the possible paths [IBarray_ reloadData]; } - (int)numberOfRowsInTableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView { return [array_ count]; } return nil; } #pragma mark - @end _______________________________________________ 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.… On Jun 5, 2008, at 9:28 PM, Paul Miller wrote: Stéphane Sudre wrote: On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Paul Miller wrote: I have a Photoshop plugin I need to potentially install into multiple locations (multiple Photoshop versions). I'd like to preset a menu to the user, listing the appropriate Photoshop installations found, and allow the user to check off the locations they want, then automatically copy the plugin into the proper locations (which are nested inside the plugin folders). Is this possible with an Installer Plugin for OS X 10.4 and up? At the very least, I'd like to automatically find an appropriate Photoshop installation location and present that as the default install location. I haven't found a way to do that yet using scripting. Is that possible? The problem we have is people do not read the installation instructions and end up installing the plugin into the default location (since we can't preset the default location to an appropriate place). Then they complain when the plugin doesn't show up in Photoshop. It would be ideal to not allow them to install until an appropriate location is either discovered automatically or selected by the user. Any suggestions on how to deal with either of these problems? A solution for the many to one case: - look for the location(s) of Photoshop. - display that in the Installation Pane. - When the user has selected the one they want, create a symbolic to the destination folder in /tmp. I haven't found any documentation on doing these last two steps. Have any pointers? It requires Cocoa/Objective-C/C knowledge. You would use NSTableView, a data source that would be your pane controller. To create the symbolic link, you can use symlink();. - (NSString *)title { return [[NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]] localizedStringForKey:@"PaneTitle" value:nil table:nil]; } - (id)tableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView objectValueForTableColumn: (NSTableColumn *)aTableColumn row:(int)rowIndex { if ([[aTableColumn identifier] isEqualToString: @"State"]) { return [NSNumber numberWithBool: (rowIndex==selectedInstanceIndex_)]; } else if ([[aTableColumn identifier] isEqualToString: @"Location"]) { return [array_ objectAtIndex:rowIndex]; } - (void) tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView setObjectValue:(id)object forTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn row:(int)row { if ([[aTableColumn identifier] isEqualToString: @"State"]) { selectedInstanceIndex_=row; } } - (void) willExitPane:(InstallerSectionDirection) inDirection { if (inDirection==InstallerDirectionForward) { if (-1==symlink([[array_ objectAtIndex:selectedInstanceIndex_] fileSystemRepresentation],"/tmp/something")) } } This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installing into multiple locations w/ menu
by Paul Miller 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) A solution for the many to one case: - look for the location(s) of Photoshop. - display that in the Installation Pane. -- Paul Miller | paul(a)fxtech.com | www.fxtech.com | Got Tivo? _______________________________________________ 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.… Stéphane Sudre wrote: On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Paul Miller wrote: I have a Photoshop plugin I need to potentially install into multiple locations (multiple Photoshop versions). I'd like to preset a menu to the user, listing the appropriate Photoshop installations found, and allow the user to check off the locations they want, then automatically copy the plugin into the proper locations (which are nested inside the plugin folders). Is this possible with an Installer Plugin for OS X 10.4 and up? At the very least, I'd like to automatically find an appropriate Photoshop installation location and present that as the default install location. I haven't found a way to do that yet using scripting. Is that possible? The problem we have is people do not read the installation instructions and end up installing the plugin into the default location (since we can't preset the default location to an appropriate place). Then they complain when the plugin doesn't show up in Photoshop. It would be ideal to not allow them to install until an appropriate location is either discovered automatically or selected by the user. Any suggestions on how to deal with either of these problems? - When the user has selected the one they want, create a symbolic to the destination folder in /tmp. I haven't found any documentation on doing these last two steps. Have any pointers? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installing into multiple locations w/ menu
by Stéphane Sudre 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com A solution for the many to one case: - look for the location(s) of Photoshop. - display that in the Installation Pane. Example: A Photoshop instance is in /Applications. A symbolic link to /Applications is created in /tmp. The package points to this symbolic link. The limitations are: - I haven't tested that. _______________________________________________ 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.… On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Paul Miller wrote: I have a Photoshop plugin I need to potentially install into multiple locations (multiple Photoshop versions). I'd like to preset a menu to the user, listing the appropriate Photoshop installations found, and allow the user to check off the locations they want, then automatically copy the plugin into the proper locations (which are nested inside the plugin folders). Is this possible with an Installer Plugin for OS X 10.4 and up? At the very least, I'd like to automatically find an appropriate Photoshop installation location and present that as the default install location. I haven't found a way to do that yet using scripting. Is that possible? The problem we have is people do not read the installation instructions and end up installing the plugin into the default location (since we can't preset the default location to an appropriate place). Then they complain when the plugin doesn't show up in Photoshop. It would be ideal to not allow them to install until an appropriate location is either discovered automatically or selected by the user. Any suggestions on how to deal with either of these problems? - When the user has selected the one they want, create a symbolic to the destination folder in /tmp. Set your default package destination to be the default symbolic folder in /tmp. And enable the Follow Links option. - It does not work with ARD or the installer command line tool. It could be improved by creating the symbolic link to the default plugins location in the InstallationCheck script. But it's still not a perfect solution. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Installing into multiple locations w/ menu
by Paul Miller 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) Any suggestions on how to deal with either of these problems? -- Paul Miller | paul(a)fxtech.com | www.fxtech.com | Got Tivo? _______________________________________________ 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 a Photoshop plugin I need to potentially install into multiple locations (multiple Photoshop versions). I'd like to preset a menu to the user, listing the appropriate Photoshop installations found, and allow the user to check off the locations they want, then automatically copy the plugin into the proper locations (which are nested inside the plugin folders). Is this possible with an Installer Plugin for OS X 10.4 and up? At the very least, I'd like to automatically find an appropriate Photoshop installation location and present that as the default install location. I haven't found a way to do that yet using scripting. Is that possible? The problem we have is people do not read the installation instructions and end up installing the plugin into the default location (since we can't preset the default location to an appropriate place). Then they complain when the plugin doesn't show up in Photoshop. It would be ideal to not allow them to install until an appropriate location is either discovered automatically or selected by the user. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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