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Re: Using scripts to get info about a custom install location
by Iceberg-Dev 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

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Location column in the Custom Install screen.
by Andrew Peckover 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

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Re: Environment variables available only from Cocoa apps
by Wrekso Wibowo 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On 21-Apr-09, at 6:02 PM, Wrekso Wibowo wrote: On 21-Apr-09, at 3:07 AM, Iceberg-Dev wrote: On Apr 21, 2009, at 12:06 AM, Wrekso Wibowo wrote: On 20-Apr-09, at 1:27 PM, Iceberg-Dev wrote: On Apr 20, 2009, at 7:28 PM, Wrekso Wibowo wrote: Hi all, There is one: COMMAND_LINE_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.… I have a postinstall executable as part of an installer. The installer can be launched in one of three ways: - manually (ie. user launching installer by double clicking) - as part of custom installer built by Assistant-like app - using Apple Remote Desktop I'd like to distinguish how it was launched, and behave slightly differently when the Installer is launched manually. As it appears, the postinstall is separate process from the Installer and I haven't found a way to indicate in the postinstall that the Installer is launched manually by user (instead of via ARD). I'm thinking perhaps there is an environment variable that is available and can be checked only within Cocoa apps under Tiger and up. Does anyone know if such thing exists? Any help is appreciated. I am cross-posting to Cocoa-dev in the hope that somebody may have a solution. It can also be accessed from JavaScript. How and where can I access the above environment variable? I tried using getenv() as well as [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] environment] from command line tool and cocoa app respectively without success. Ideally I would have some code in my postinstall that should know how the installer is called. If you're not able to retrieve it from your tool, you can retrieve it from the postinstall script and pass it to the app or tool as an argument. For whatever reason, my postinstall doesn't see COMMAND_LINE_INSTALL being defined. I guess I'll try to find another way. Thanks for your help. Thanks to everyone for the help. I am able to use the above env variable, which is available when installer is being pushed by ARD (originally I thought executing cmd line would have it defined by default). This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Using scripts to get info about a custom install location
by Andrew Peckover 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

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Re: Difference in installer plugins from 10.4 to 10.5
by development2 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks for you help though. On Apr 22, 2009, at 3:24 AM, Iceberg-Dev wrote: On Apr 21, 2009, at 8:30 PM, development2 wrote: - ZeroLink? - What's the OS Target for the plugin? 10.4 SDK or 10.5 SDK? - Could there be a problem with the InstallerSections.plist file? _______________________________________________ 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/development2%40bitblas… This email sent to development2(a)bitblasters.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.… Well it was because the resource files, I created for the Plugin where .xib's not .nib, once I changed resaved them back to .nib files and changed the project the Installer saw the plugin and used it. Some more info. I took the symlinks out and put the real .bundle files (the installer plugins) into my installer, and none to the installer plugins load. They show in the Installer sections list on the left, but they are skipped when the installer gets to them. What am I doing wrong? Usually, when something works on one OS version and not another, you can check these points: This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to determine if user's computer is PowerPC or Intel
by Iceberg-Dev 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

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:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-priority:content-type:message-id:cc :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=jjMXqekPWyxSeDi+qsMPrvRlsaXvr37HvyDhwQ484cc=; b=mpiyhdZsHyPYnTNlMfw0b+FlRrc9I/ArO3Uc6vGA4Pf1YaIo7Tb0gKoEgPmQmlqS0h VsCx8FfcGHV+5JgzLaN2b1pvaYEehIHbhXqDC4VnWYUXWHmDP3S+fFEcx30rhAfvZtI4 ZqaWkbmdzPM4HGd1pst/A9ooxy5npoWnD++kE= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-priority:content-type :message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to :x-mailer; b=VqQJTb+enIQSmmZiJANtvyEJMg/dcjjvs9c5N9nLhfHFU0lrXxRvDRZHjZTLCCBrN5 SJLn4pQ0k6MdE7icq7A31dN8uvZ2Yqw5RR3jAIb5UCkH1UvLhjUx6nc8j4bJsfvySy7o IebzOFLnKPznGMhiQraGNkZs50qRAW6cdo7z8= On Apr 22, 2009, at 1:52 AM, Andrew Peckover wrote: Personally, I use system.sysctl('hw.cputype'). 7 -> Intel 18 -> PowerPC 'Warning'. It can be perl, sh, bash, python, AppleScript, executable, etc. _______________________________________________ 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.… Thanks for helping. I got it working. For anyone interested, here are some further details - it's the "Result of Gestalt" requirement, value sysa, is: == 2 Apparently, "2" is for Intel and "10" is for PowerPC. Mysterious... I also started to look at the Distribution script (Project menu | Raw Editing mode). I see that I might add some custom items to that script. What I'm wondering is... is there some kind of reference manual for this? Is this Javascript? For example, I see things like my.result.title = my.result.message = my.result.type = 'Fatal' I take it that "fatal" means that the message box just has a close button in it, and the installation quits. Are there any different types of message boxes I can have, like what if I want a message to be informational and allow the user to continue anyways? The documentation you're looking for is "Installer JavaScript Reference". What types of other scripts can I use with PackageMaker, say for preinstall, postinstall, postflight etc.... are these AppleScripts I write? Maybe I missed it, but just can't find this info in the PackageMaker documentation. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Difference in installer plugins from 10.4 to 10.5
by Iceberg-Dev 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

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:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding :from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=ChcSMF+S4fDSeNRcb8suc2JiqqvoonDeNEL9Wrs//Bk=; b=VhSvxywOgVAiq20ynrzYJYF/DQ3KPNPhgGADp3Wu1eQMVcSiY9bMzDR02k1pK1jZ2T rkGEFT5UmnmneH3KfnzcH+5AAoVa+kY9hSMAz9nInUOUEE+/BorMgb7C3TK5fXwejeNd j0u5BdFa10GonpPxdhb08RwXVW3V/74+MECLs= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=psH2eKQcUCZMHeHl2zEAR2Ilk1N7idiVbHblaC0xgIMnOnmOz3yVG9hsRR+vJGo2jc r4R1E1vknEttKWQQ/fbMTF0RWoT+9ZtPZ7c6jMvIHUSArvxcgmtnkGDD62J13bsLPjm7 wqXfy9G8FKyUeJOHJ3uIr8YypkMBa0HqCAko8= On Apr 21, 2009, at 8:30 PM, development2 wrote: - ZeroLink? - What's the OS Target for the plugin? 10.4 SDK or 10.5 SDK? - Could there be a problem with the InstallerSections.plist file? _______________________________________________ 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.… Some more info. I took the symlinks out and put the real .bundle files (the installer plugins) into my installer, and none to the installer plugins load. They show in the Installer sections list on the left, but they are skipped when the installer gets to them. What am I doing wrong? Usually, when something works on one OS version and not another, you can check these points: This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Environment variables available only from Cocoa apps
by Wrekso Wibowo 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On 21-Apr-09, at 3:07 AM, Iceberg-Dev wrote: On Apr 21, 2009, at 12:06 AM, Wrekso Wibowo wrote: On 20-Apr-09, at 1:27 PM, Iceberg-Dev wrote: On Apr 20, 2009, at 7:28 PM, Wrekso Wibowo wrote: Hi all, There is one: COMMAND_LINE_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.… I have a postinstall executable as part of an installer. The installer can be launched in one of three ways: - manually (ie. user launching installer by double clicking) - as part of custom installer built by Assistant-like app - using Apple Remote Desktop I'd like to distinguish how it was launched, and behave slightly differently when the Installer is launched manually. As it appears, the postinstall is separate process from the Installer and I haven't found a way to indicate in the postinstall that the Installer is launched manually by user (instead of via ARD). I'm thinking perhaps there is an environment variable that is available and can be checked only within Cocoa apps under Tiger and up. Does anyone know if such thing exists? Any help is appreciated. I am cross-posting to Cocoa-dev in the hope that somebody may have a solution. It can also be accessed from JavaScript. How and where can I access the above environment variable? I tried using getenv() as well as [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] environment] from command line tool and cocoa app respectively without success. Ideally I would have some code in my postinstall that should know how the installer is called. If you're not able to retrieve it from your tool, you can retrieve it from the postinstall script and pass it to the app or tool as an argument. For whatever reason, my postinstall doesn't see COMMAND_LINE_INSTALL being defined. I guess I'll try to find another way. Thanks for your help. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to determine if user's computer is PowerPC or Intel
by Andrew Peckover 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

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Re: Customize or suppress the Installation Type pane
by lora_lozano＠filemaker.com 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, Lora On Apr 20, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Steven J. Vogt wrote: On Apr 17, 2009, at 2:20 AM, Lora Lozano wrote: Hi, Officially, you can only make the following change: - always display the custom install mode - always display the easy install mode. _______________________________________________ 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/svogt%40gustavus.edu This email sent to svogt(a)gustavus.edu _______________________________________________ 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.… In the GUI, if you select the product package and go to the Configuration tab, there's a "User Sees:" drop-down menu. Since the Installation Type pane cannot be suppressed, is there a way we can change the strings in that pane without affecting other installs? does this only work through the command line? I've never noticed it in the gui. On Apr 17, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Iceberg-Dev wrote: Is there a way to either customize the Installation Type pane (to something quite different than the easy install and custom install views) or suppress it altogether? Any help would be greatly appreciated. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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