July 2008 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

Installer changes permissions on itself and its payload after 1st run
by Mike 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) I have an installer I built with Xcode 2.5's PackageMaker under OS X 10.5.4. My installer has some plugins and a few scripts, and an InstallerSections.plist file. It's an .mpkg with sub .pkgs in it. When I run the installer and install my product, everything works. However, on any subsequent install from the same binary copy of the same installer, the resulting product doesn't work properly because the installer has changed some of the permissions on the installed payload and on the internal installer components themselves. If I delete all the installed binaries and the installer, and Finder-copy over a new copy and run it again, everything works. I checked my preflight and postflight scripts and they don't change any permissions when they run so what gives? What could cause this behavior? Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ 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: modal window
by Aaron London 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

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packagemaker command line exception
by Raphael Sebbe 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

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A retorical question, in the hope that someone else will be helped...
by Steven W. Disbrow 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

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Avoiding pmdoc files and the GUI
by Oliver Buerschaper 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Dear packagers, That said, this is how far I've come without the GUI. The command There are a couple of issues now: Helpful comments and suggestions most welcome ;-) Many thanks, Oliver _______________________________________________ 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.… due to the buggy GUI version of PackageMaker 3 I'm resorting to the command line utility in order to build my packages. I'm also trying to avoid those pmdoc files completely because they are regularly corrupted by the GUI. packagemaker --root payload --id com.example.MyTools --version 1 -- scripts scripts --target 10.5 --domain system --out MyTools.pkg -- verbose successfully builds my package. Here "payload" contains a huge number of files and folders (owned by root:wheel) I want to be deployed at / usr/local/MyTools. The folder "scripts" contains a single file called postinstall. 1. How can I specify the destination path /usr/local/MyTools? Obviously the installation fails because Installer doesn't know that this is where I'd like my payload to be dropped … 2. How can I add a little descriptive text to be displayed in the Installer's welcome window? 3. How can I check for the existence of a file on the target volume prior to installation? The man page of packagemaker tells me this could be done with a script called InstallationCheck, however, I have no clue about its content and where to place this script. 4. How can I build a package with several installation choices? My understanding is that I'll need a metapackage for this … but how to assemble it on the command line? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: how to create the uninstaller on Mac Os
by Nigel Kersten 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

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RE: how to add the model dialog during installation
by Andrew Li 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acji1h5viUPkqtBtSEy62PNV8pKQ0wAYVfUg Thread-topic: how to add the model dialog during installation About this issue, I think out a solution which can meet the special requirement of my custom, the key point of this requirement is to pop up a modal dialog in appropriate time during installation. So we can implement it by self like this way. I mention that I have tried the install-plugin method; it really can extend the user experience of the Installation process to insert additional custom steps in the installation process of their software packages. So, in this additional custom view, can we write code to operate a modal window? When the installation process enter into this view, it popup a modal window, when user respond to it, exit the modal window, and continue to install. I have no code experience about the modal window, so my question is that, is this solution feasible? If it is feasible, can anyone give me a piece of sample code to implement it? Thanks very much. ( p: +86 Best wishes, Andrew Li, Marvell Technology (Shanghai) Ltd ( p: +86 21 6165 5305 | 7 f: +86 21 5027 0219 | *glli(a)marvell.com -----Original Message----- From: Stéphane Sudre [mailto:iceberg-dev@orange.fr] Sent: 2008年7月11日 5:44 To: Andrew Li Cc: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Re: how to add the model dialog during installation On Jul 10, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Andrew Li wrote: > Background: use PackageMaker to make an installer for installing > device driver, and before complete installation process, notify the > user to connect the device and computer by cable. > > > > Requirement: my custom have special requirement to the dialog which > is used to notify the user for connecting the device and computer. > Before user click the “Close” button, the installer should popup a > model dialog to notify, and this kind of dialog is same to the > restart warning dialog. I mean it can not move and it locates in > the up-middle of the installer window. > > > > Anyone can give me some advice for the solution? Thanks very much. > 2 solutions: o Your solution works on Tiger and later only: You can use a custom conclusion/summary text (you can even add a drawing to make things clearer). o You launch a helper app at the end of the installation from the postflight script. _______________________________________________ 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: how to create the uninstaller on Mac Os
by Don Montalvo 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jul 10, 2008, at 11:47 PM, Nigel Kersten wrote: On Jul 10, 2008, at 3:20 PM, Don Montalvo wrote: Yep, yer right. I'll never trust Citrix again. :) http://www.donmontalvo.com/citrix/citrix-pkg-from-hell.png 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.… I wish the installer tool can shout back with "this package will prompt for options" when we push via ARD or scp/ssh, so we don't get pie in the face when users call in asking why root's home directory is visible behind the login window on their Macs. :) To be fair, if you're pushing packages to client machines without testing them being pushed the same way first, you'll end up with bigger problems at some point :) This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: how to create the uninstaller on Mac Os
by Nigel Kersten 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '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=default; d=explanatorygap.net; h=Received:Cc:Message-Id:From:To:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Mime-Version:Subject:Date:References:X-Mailer:X-Identified-User:DomainKey-Status; b=m6WSQmxXWzx8PjBJq+dPhVH6HbHgp9rDvlPcOrmH2FCCHCteqgHvh94g5gEA2Qzb0Nso704yEVWZY0Ji75nng84xOPWQopshQPOioMyZ0XReEvHbxUoEDwjAXsL5Izbv; Domainkey-status: no signature On Jul 10, 2008, at 3:20 PM, Don Montalvo wrote: -- Nigel Kersten http://explanatorygap.net _______________________________________________ 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 wish the installer tool can shout back with "this package will prompt for options" when we push via ARD or scp/ssh, so we don't get pie in the face when users call in asking why root's home directory is visible behind the login window on their Macs. :) To be fair, if you're pushing packages to client machines without testing them being pushed the same way first, you'll end up with bigger problems at some point :) It would be nice if more vendors would check for the existence of the COMMAND_LINE_INSTALL environment variable though.... This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: how to create the uninstaller on Mac Os
by Don Montalvo 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jul 10, 2008, at 6:13 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: sandeep chaudhary <ims_sandeep(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Thanks -sandeep 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.… On Jul 10, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Don Montalvo wrote: Hi All, I am a plugin Developer. I have created a installer on mac . Now i want to create the uninstaller for that,but don't know how to create the uninstaller.I have search on google but can find any solution. Please tell me how to create the uninstaller. I always wondered the same thing. Once in a while I find a proper pkg installer that offers the option to install or uninstall. Not sure if a pkg installer like this is "pushable" via ARD, but for those rare cases where we need to equip our Helpdesk folks to uninstall something, this ability would come in handy. This is usually done using an InstallerPlugin. So it's not pushable AFAIK. I wish the installer tool can shout back with "this package will prompt for options" when we push via ARD or scp/ssh, so we don't get pie in the face when users call in asking why root's home directory is visible behind the login window on their Macs. :) This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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