April 2009 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

RE: How to determine if user's computer is PowerPC or Intel
by Adam Peck 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

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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: Difference in installer plugins from 10.4 to 10.5
by development2 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com What am I doing wrong? On Apr 21, 2009, at 12:04 PM, development2 wrote: Is there any difference between Installer plugins under 10.4 and 10.5? Thanks in advance. _______________________________________________ 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.… 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. I am running into a problems debugging them. Under 10.5 I have the 'InstallerSections.plist' setup and this should work under 10.4 also, But when I try to debug under 10.4 the plugins show in the Installer pane on the left, but the code is never called. Is there something different between the different OS's. Oh yeah I have set up the symlinks properly also in the debug version of the Installer, so I don't think that is it. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Difference in installer plugins from 10.4 to 10.5
by development2 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Is there any difference between Installer plugins under 10.4 and 10.5? Thanks in advance. _______________________________________________ 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 am running into a problems debugging them. Under 10.5 I have the 'InstallerSections.plist' setup and this should work under 10.4 also, But when I try to debug under 10.4 the plugins show in the Installer pane on the left, but the code is never called. Is there something different between the different OS's. Oh yeah I have set up the symlinks properly also in the debug version of the Installer, so I don't think that is it. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Debugging plugins under 10.4
by development2 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Never mind I found it. On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:50 AM, development2 wrote: /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app Thanks. _______________________________________________ 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.… I am having a problem trying to debug my installer plugins under 10.4. On 10.5 I can set the Active executable to 'Installer' under 10.5 , but under 10.4 I can not seem to find the Installer executable. In 10.5 the path to the installer executable is but I can not seem to find this in 10.4. Does anyone know where it is at, or what i need to do for 10.4 debugging of my Installer plugins? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Debugging plugins under 10.4
by development2 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app Thanks. _______________________________________________ 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 am having a problem trying to debug my installer plugins under 10.4. On 10.5 I can set the Active executable to 'Installer' under 10.5 , but under 10.4 I can not seem to find the Installer executable. In 10.5 the path to the installer executable is but I can not seem to find this in 10.4. Does anyone know where it is at, or what i need to do for 10.4 debugging of my Installer plugins? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Postflight action (create alias) not working
by Andrew Peckover 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks for the reply. My problems/questions are now: --- 2. For the "Alias Path", I typed in /Users/MyAccountName/Desktop. --- Thanks, Andrew On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:29 AM, Andrew Peckover wrote: Hi, I'm using OS 10.5.6 and PackageMaker 3.0.3 (174). Could you tell us what path you set for the alias? _______________________________________________ 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.… My problem is half solved, but I still have a couple of issues. I must have been typing in the paths incorrectly. It installs a folder MyProgramFolder/MyProgram.app. This can either be in the HD/Applications folder, the user's Home folder, or a different hard drive, depending on which location the user selects. In addition, the 'Custom install' option is enabled, so the user could choose any location they want. 1. The way I could get Create Alias to work properly, was by setting it to "Point To: Absolute Path", then typing in /Applications/MyProgramFolder/MyProgram.app But then if the user installs to the Home folder, that doesn't work. Is there a different way of typing in the path to get this to work? But of course this only works for me! How can I specify the "current account"? I tried just typing in Desktop as the Alias path, but that didn't work, no alias was created. --- 3. If I set this to "Point To: Component", then choose my app, the postflight instructions are indeed carried out. But the problem is, the alias doesn't necessarily point to .app in the folder I just installed! In other words, I have MyProgram.app in a few other locations on my computer -- well this is because I'm working on developing and testing, but some users might also have older versions of the app in a different location, and I don't want the finder window and alias to point to those. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iceberg-Dev" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> To: "Andrew Peckover" <apeckover(a)pgmusic.com> Cc: <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:34 AM Subject: Re: Postflight action (create alias) not working In the Distribution --> Actions tab, I have specified two Postinstall actions, "Show file in Finder" and "Create Alias". For Create Alias, I am pointing to "component" and have selected "MyProgram.app". I have also tried specifying the "absolute path". There are no warnings or errors when I build the package, but the postinstall actions don't work. As a test, I tried the Open URL postflight action, and that *did* work. >From what I see, PackageMaker uses an AppleScript script that communicates with the Finder to create the alias. This is not a good solution IMHO as this assumes too much regarding the environment. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Postflight action (create alias) not working
by Iceberg-Dev 21 Apr '09

21 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=bhS6+Df4Bk6bHvjsEhkOLbLpqaCXpHBEpxpe2sBWZtM=; b=rE1z2BAjssA5Qe1+/8n2jF+xzn0LTBj4mBxqV6qwruU2DPuM04YjHpKk6LsCVsqhFi MMGOntHTah3pIVZHZkrx5TGOKnBYi6PviPQAExEWGtpB105nXUcfbG//wDl62O82aGYF /3arijwSKrSO5ZmSUYrUkGnsQAGAlmKAH/Ino= 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=oLjidQT1cIiwckCriqkq54dBlvEtJ9qffCaDOA7SoxfVvlHmwjQKlNlXz19uYXZr+e 7vntNBpZ3AKSLBX7uVSO3Z8CVKArMocy5o6LfAIuEm3yOhq11//1c71RC4PBost8wryM I4CcaQJyamnb1ZiuScrZmUh3cN67BNW6raIbI= On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:29 AM, Andrew Peckover wrote: Hi, I'm using OS 10.5.6 and PackageMaker 3.0.3 (174). Could you tell us what path you set for the alias? _______________________________________________ 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 Distribution --> Actions tab, I have specified two Postinstall actions, "Show file in Finder" and "Create Alias". For Create Alias, I am pointing to "component" and have selected "MyProgram.app". I have also tried specifying the "absolute path". There are no warnings or errors when I build the package, but the postinstall actions don't work. As a test, I tried the Open URL postflight action, and that *did* work. >From what I see, PackageMaker uses an AppleScript script that communicates with the Finder to create the alias. This is not a good solution IMHO as this assumes too much regarding the environment. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Environment variables available only from Cocoa apps
by Iceberg-Dev 21 Apr '09

21 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=dqJXdg+FuUTKAyPxD3VCsXsG68uyN8PN4ba9r1a8yVk=; b=WC7+pfUmJfabQbIh7HAa3AR2Og4tiZ54OoEmuFUptWMsXLe4AoTZPw8uedmBPmT9GJ Sa+lj8ky7gJYn0tzFIpxCeQew+DvGR8ZcdvKnn+B+SSc0l/MBwYKTd3KiAZfUkaVx83m qiQxOLkFv/NDIKoRLlneFXtJuyFKbcoLegxJ0= 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=amvQUE8ClwRuCtpelB8woHMfIhioA+Svrj+H371b8HHewXYrqk+dCjJQKeV5cfOQq7 AzNZaLvvkH/eGIxqp4TyfhEcDGNMWqgvToQnA2WkA2ZtGVM88FDf8d51Z0rkBiz4y0rr wOxWk48pGKtz6oo/itwfsIIL92nOz0XbdMOo0= 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. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Postflight action (create alias) not working
by Andrew Peckover 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

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