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Re: Installing new beta of VServer failed.
by Stéphane Sudre 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jul 30, 2008, at 5:24 PM, Ruslan Zasukhin wrote: Hi, trying to install the new beta of vserver office mac I become a dialog telling me Installation failed - Unable to install The installer could not install the software, because there was no software found to install Yes I also see this glitch of PackageMaker. I hate the latest PM, it is sooo buggy. if build package from app -- it works if build it from command line -- above error happens Do not see reason yet why it do this. _______________________________________________ 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 7/30/08 5:30 PM, "Thorsten Hohage" <thohage(a)genericobjects.de> wrote: Anybody can give hint ? Since there are tools such a FileMerge or sdiff to compare two files, it could be worth building the package both ways and see what's different. If you're building a FLAT package, you will need to unxar the files first. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installing new beta of VServer failed.
by Ruslan Zasukhin 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcjyWFi+l1vgMF5LEd2HmgANkzDgag== Thread-topic: Installing new beta of VServer failed. User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.0.050811 On 7/30/08 5:30 PM, "Thorsten Hohage" <thohage(a)genericobjects.de> wrote: > Hi, > > trying to install the new beta of > > vserver office mac > > I become a dialog telling me > > Installation failed - Unable to install > > The installer could not install the software, because there was no > software found to install Yes I also see this glitch of PackageMaker. I hate the latest PM, it is sooo buggy. if build package from app -- it works if build it from command line -- above error happens Do not see reason yet why it do this. Anybody can give hint ? -- Best regards, Ruslan Zasukhin VP Engineering and New Technology Paradigma Software, Inc Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information http://www.paradigmasoft.com [I feel the need: the need for speed] _______________________________________________ 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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installation with system restart in 10.4, but not in 10.5
by Guoliang Li 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

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Troubles putting together a metapackage
by Chris Maddison 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '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:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date :x-mailer; bh=W46H4TOrxLhRtQ0QHwDLa1wqzqSpS3Siej4G5i3t1uY=; b=l66ZkgkKj9AiiRYNTSdFl6vcmX/0XaDNgK4GZrXVuway0wbPRiPJjp6YiJBCK4l7Nf QrsA3fov/ahKf/FmVpeD4aRixltjgFZx2EVVNIVycG23WmHR/+wu5mBYrP3kPDpLzFVq 4wvVDHF5Zm4I1q7YCpOY4hkNuFieO6iXIerck= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version:subject:date:x-mailer; b=PpoLrV3aUp61BZZ+t/K4vght8V7JmJAQ3Ufxr2xQW6H5ZSlGJS40iXW/5wBG1wDrY3 9Q+PXeQ93+gQ7Xe5GIJ648Pi5Ts29415zsTPWhd97YgGQC56d8eBC/0wjoVhuZge2z4E 7J3e9GmggobYAQQ3nMF5nD/XUvIhQ4N6RgjwM= This is my first time posting to the list, so hi everyone. Here's what I'm trying to accomplish: Thanks in advance! Chris Maddison _______________________________________________ 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'm a sophomore computer science student at U of T putting together an installer for a developer kit for first year students. I'd like to install Python, a series of third party Python packages (like PIL, pygame, etc.), and a package of my own. Everything that I would like installed is packaged either into a .mpkg or .pkg. As far as I can tell the ideal way to install of these in one go is collect them into a .mpkg that goes through installing all the sub-packages (stop me if I am wrong, I'm new to this). I tried both PackageMaker and Iceberg. With PackageMaker 3.0.1 on OS 10.5 I can't even seem to make a metapackage, only distribution packages which don't allow embedded metapackages. With Iceberg, despite me putting certain choices as selected they are coming up as "Skip" (some of them are working) and I am incapable of selecting them to install. I'm a bit lost in this and yet it seems like it ought to be rather straight forward as everything is packaged and working separately. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Modifying the package?
by Stéphane Sudre 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jul 30, 2008, at 12:22 AM, Jim Wrenholt wrote: On Jul 29, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Jim Wrenholt wrote: Multiple questions: 10.4 or greater the Info.plist in the application bundle of the payload. Maybe nothing? When using ARD, this kind of interaction is not possible. The way I see it, you have different solutions: (b) you can _not_ modify the application. In both cases, I would use a second package: - in case a, it will install the files at the specific location. My $0.02 _______________________________________________ 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 would like a lab administrator to download the package, and change a couple of items in the payload's Info.plist, (i.e. provide path names) and then use Apple Remote Desktop to distribute that package to client computers. The payload is a single application. Without installing the package, I don't see how to allow the admin to set the path. But once it's installed on the admin computer and the path is set, it's no longer in the package for easy delivery to the client's machine. This software will be used in elementary schools so letting the client-user set the path after installation is not workable. I'm a still a newbie to Package Maker. So, any advice would be appreciated. - which OS do you target? - which Info.plist file are you referring to? The one of a bundle package or an application bundle in the payload? - What prevents you from doing this work in a postflight script? So, the script would need to query the path from the admin, before mass distributing it to the clients. And then modify the payload's .plist on each client machine as part of the install in a postflight script. I don't know if that is possible? (a) you can modify the application itself. Then a solution would be for the application to look for potential default settings in a specific location such as in /Library/Application Support instead of relying on changing values in its Info.plist which is not a good solution when you consider code signing. - in case b, it will look for the application and then update its Info.plist. You need to see this as an updater (use a locator and a specific bundle identifier). The package can be created by the lab administrator if you provide a pre-configured PackageMaker project so that he/she just has to change data in the new Info.plist and build the project. Then it can be installed on the remove client computers after the application package has been installed. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Modifying the package?
by Jim Wrenholt 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jul 29, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Jim Wrenholt wrote: Multiple questions: 10.4 or greater the Info.plist in the application bundle of the payload. Maybe nothing? I don't know if that is possible? Jim _______________________________________________ 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 would like a lab administrator to download the package, and change a couple of items in the payload's Info.plist, (i.e. provide path names) and then use Apple Remote Desktop to distribute that package to client computers. The payload is a single application. Without installing the package, I don't see how to allow the admin to set the path. But once it's installed on the admin computer and the path is set, it's no longer in the package for easy delivery to the client's machine. This software will be used in elementary schools so letting the client-user set the path after installation is not workable. I'm a still a newbie to Package Maker. So, any advice would be appreciated. - which OS do you target? - which Info.plist file are you referring to? The one of a bundle package or an application bundle in the payload? - What prevents you from doing this work in a postflight script? So, the script would need to query the path from the admin, before mass distributing it to the clients. And then modify the payload's .plist on each client machine as part of the install in a postflight script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Modifying the package?
by Stéphane Sudre 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Jim Wrenholt wrote: Multiple questions: - which OS do you target? - What prevents you from doing this work in a 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.… I would like a lab administrator to download the package, and change a couple of items in the payload's Info.plist, (i.e. provide path names) and then use Apple Remote Desktop to distribute that package to client computers. The payload is a single application. Without installing the package, I don't see how to allow the admin to set the path. But once it's installed on the admin computer and the path is set, it's no longer in the package for easy delivery to the client's machine. This software will be used in elementary schools so letting the client-user set the path after installation is not workable. I'm a still a newbie to Package Maker. So, any advice would be appreciated. - which Info.plist file are you referring to? The one of a bundle package or an application bundle in the payload? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Modifying the package?
by Jim Wrenholt 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, Jim Wrenholt _______________________________________________ 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 would like a lab administrator to download the package, and change a couple of items in the payload's Info.plist, (i.e. provide path names) and then use Apple Remote Desktop to distribute that package to client computers. The payload is a single application. Without installing the package, I don't see how to allow the admin to set the path. But once it's installed on the admin computer and the path is set, it's no longer in the package for easy delivery to the client's machine. This software will be used in elementary schools so letting the client-user set the path after installation is not workable. I'm a still a newbie to Package Maker. So, any advice would be appreciated. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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(no subject)
by robert.maggi＠kodak.com 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com If your executable is not working, it could be the installer or perhaps your app tries to use OS features that did not exist before OS X 10.5. On 7/28/08 Monday, July 28, 2008 -6:43 AM, "sandeep chaudhary" <ims_sandeep(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi All, > I am working on Mac OS 10.5(leaperd). I have created a project on > this version of Mac. project is working fine. But When i run its executable on > other Mac OS vesions, the executable is not run.I am assuming its the problem > of version difference. How can i fix this problem so that my executable will > run on any version of mac? > > Thanks > -Sandeep

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How can I stop an installer from prompting for the install location?
by Kevin Hoyt 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

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