September 2009 - Installer-dev

Installer fails under 10.6
by andy knasinski 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Any ideas? Thanks! andy _______________________________________________ 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.… Our installer is failing with an "unknown installation error occurred." under 10.6 with a certificate signed by godaddy. checking the log, it is throwing a "failed install preflight: error domain=pkinstallerrordomain code=102 userinfo=0x19s1ca80 "the package "nrgship" is untrusted." with some additional debug stuff Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-2147409622 UserInfo=0x100304660" CSSMERR_TP_NOT_TRUSTED I can run the installer just find on 10.5 - i verified the installer certificate, etc. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to localize distribution package's requirements message
by Ben Staveley-Taylor 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks again for your reply. my.result.message = 'system.localizedString(\'MY_KEY_MESSAGE\')'; -- Ben. On 9 Sep 2009, at 21:59, Iceberg-Dev wrote: I just forgot to mention that you need to call a JavaScript method. my.result.title = system.localizedString('MY_KEY_TITLE'); my.result.message = system.localizedString('MY_KEY_MESSAGE'); mea culpa _______________________________________________ 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 can see how the distribution.dist script should look now (and I've taken a look at the one Apple use in the iWork Trial installer). I'm just puzzled how you are supposed to author it. If I enter system.localizedString('MY_KEY_MESSAGE') in PackageMaker's Requirements Failure Message field, that gets quoted in the script as so again it appears literally in the alert instead of being processed as a script command. I can only surmise that to get this to work you have to manually author your distribution.dist file and then replace (or merge it with) the one that PackageMaker generates. It's all just too troublesome and error-prone, IMO. Fortunately I am only installing a single package, so I can fall back to the deprecated InstallationCheck script and its InstallationCheck.strings localization file. That seems to do what I need, so I'm happy. Coupled with other PackageMaker deficiencies -- specifically that it keeps silently re-enabling my "Allow Relocation" component settings and thus building an installer that puts files in the wrong places -- I'm going to use Iceberg as my authoring tool. I've already got a more reliable installer out of Iceberg in a day than I had in a week with PackageMaker. I'd definitely recommend it. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Meta Package in 10.5 to support 10.3 problem
by Iceberg-Dev 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '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=eHf+/GoXw3Ng6XXzkkL57tL1aWLytsytGxIY5q9mcO0=; b=TNSn8iZtb9+cecSOpwcd/lIglGPUndZSbW7gqEsOV2YCResV1dxui+xolmzM+A7Kgf 5LPTUOSR65v2mmS4ItfxwquFKfsNcaRzXmt10ER8LKne0numrgLJm9T/FAuB6JVpl9Mz pN2Qb0fXoyIpFRSJs45LlFsrz+wjQ2+QeIqQE= 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=LPCIxP166vrZWtVV7CljCzUanA/JUhSO2XmWKVkD7cXi7ECLBWDXNzHjhJivpYBk0N PPVnsK/1/PIMCAIEHD4hAIitABwqd8mf1nTihneUHGjHYVFBTKe6PlojwRViS6W4YgIW yHZkf54ToLEZLB4X/bqIaqiIH1r8up6KzL6c0= On Sep 9, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Sparta wrote: Hi, Thanks for reply. I use Requirements, do not know how to use InstallationCheck Script. For requirements section, I use "4192" for OS 10.6 detection. Requirements are not 100% reliable. _______________________________________________ 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.… Personally, I would go with an InstallationCheck script and return 64 if the package should not be installed, 0 otherwise. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to localize distribution package's requirements message
by Iceberg-Dev 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '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=p+6BpWhbhYMIgT/UYw6eVHjFMUmH1lXtMSaUmGDNc4A=; b=Id/QnAZxoIFzcIDFvwYHCHL4kQ6fMh7o8rn19nj4xTGpJlxdkmx69tg+hzCcjQWW2q LQndfZnrKyJpesRQF27ndD7KMN494h8EG1C6D8fAQlr8srMnir131AVkRBzGfKHdflLP kPYv9BS8jJg7SmOqWVO0pbEdqXWlpEeoDa3uw= 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=k9PlD00F9EFOLRIU2M86F/wPoCbQhJd7qyRSUlDYMYbX8fRjgw9lsgTfH1B7/Kc+/a bV5n8M1SiCpLP1XSFYPbNsewgrSDxKbTL5di1SO1lU2N3OH05Y/FdFt6i37qRZ+e0JSG iRtksg/IfKRI+rC7PZlIFAJCll03CiVAnnQ6g= On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Ben Staveley-Taylor wrote: After building my installer I have this package structure within it: MyInstaller.mpkg Contents distribution.dist Packages MyPackage.pkg Resources en.lproj background.psd Localizable.strings fr.lproj background.psd Localizable.strings (... etc for other languages) I just forgot to mention that you need to call a JavaScript method. my.result.title = system.localizedString('MY_KEY_TITLE'); my.result.message = system.localizedString('MY_KEY_MESSAGE'); mea culpa _______________________________________________ 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 the answer. I'm very happy to create a Localizable.strings file if this is what it takes, but I can't get it to work. All I get are the string keys ("MY_KEY_TITLE" etc) appearing in the alert. I used en/fr.lproj instead of English/French.lproj because that was already there in the package from adding my other localized files via the GUI. However, I have tried using English/French.lproj instead, but no difference. My localizable.string files are UTF-16. Have I misunderstood the mechanism? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Meta Package in 10.5 to support 10.3 problem
by Andrew Peckover 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello Sparta, Andrew Hi, Thanks for reply. I use Requirements, do not know how to use InstallationCheck Script. For requirements section, I use "4192" for OS 10.6 detection. -- Thanks and Regards, Sparta... On 09/09/09 4:30 AM, "Iceberg-Dev" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Sep 8, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Sparta wrote: Hello, I am building a meta package on 10.5 that supports 10.3 (Install Properties). I have two packages as: Package 1: works on 10.6 onwards: (Gestalt sysv >= 0x01060) Package 2: works on 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 (Gestalt sysv < 0x01060) Both the packages work fine independently. I have checked system version with Gestalt as shown above in the requirements section for individual addition. The meta-package installs desired files on 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6. Thus Gestalt check works fine on 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6. But on Panther (10.3) when I try to install this meta-package, both the packages are read one by one. Package-2 passes the check and shows the installation screen. But immediately the screen shows ³Package-1 can not be installed on this computer² message. Thus ending with only ³close² button left to select. Changing the sequence of packages addition has no effect on this result. Does anyone has seen such problem before? Please suggest me how should I proceed with the package maker. Do you use a Requirement or an InstallationCheck script for the Gestalt comparison? If you use an InstallationCheck script, which values do you return? _______________________________________________ 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/apeckover%40pgmusic.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.… Maybe check to see that your requirements are not getting lost from the distribution script. Immediately after adding your requirements, in PackageMaker open raw editing open, and see what the requirements look like. Then, after building, open the built package by control-clicking and selecting Show contents. Open the .dist file with a text editor and see if the requirements are still there. If not, you can add them back in to the built package. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sparta" <theultimatespartan(a)gmail.com> To: "Iceberg-Dev" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> Cc: <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:31 AM Subject: Re: Meta Package in 10.5 to support 10.3 problem This email sent to apeckover(a)pgmusic.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Meta Package in 10.5 to support 10.3 problem
by Sparta 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '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:user-agent:date:subject:from :to:cc:message-id:thread-topic:thread-index:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gaEJnWo+dFxM6yam0yUF2cmfHWpUsmNG53mEZismX14=; b=GgvYbRqErUBWuw44ZOcDRhBTxtt2GPtGxVtoctAUE7ockLvuJdhOfcn92+8VVTE5Rm U2xRgHy8Mnwz4Pa5AJ8n/953A5G5n/mc/L7pitgLVJWLVA88dNpG/srkVzTL4Aldin7n 2Gf5IqDYe8ssBy2Ko3bnA4tZCkxpyyF5Hk7oA= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=user-agent:date:subject:from:to:cc:message-id:thread-topic :thread-index:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=CmpIttcFGCiFlV9317XUj7jcbh+1RBIamrmd0FJra0vf8LBuAXSlxTXoOeT+d4dBv2 qNwEH7m2qWSsU2uP5jeK8IZxBU9LTFxNHDHbK4oB5mQVBDM57quZZVzJzpKC3/iRsh4C xYz2Pia6mCyfxe55qJXyQCjL28EE4grMr6YzA= Thread-index: AcoxWipNRycckrHONUyyL5KLjBr6Ww== Thread-topic: Meta Package in 10.5 to support 10.3 problem User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.0.0.071130 Hi, Thanks for reply. I use Requirements, do not know how to use InstallationCheck Script. For requirements section, I use "4192" for OS 10.6 detection. -- Thanks and Regards, Sparta... On 09/09/09 4:30 AM, "Iceberg-Dev" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sep 8, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Sparta wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am building a meta package on 10.5 that supports 10.3 (Install >> Properties). >> >> I have two packages as: >> Package 1: works on 10.6 onwards: (Gestalt sysv >= 0x01060) >> Package 2: works on 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 (Gestalt sysv < 0x01060) >> >> Both the packages work fine independently. >> >> I have checked system version with Gestalt as shown above in the >> requirements section for individual addition. The meta-package >> installs desired files on 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6. Thus Gestalt check >> works fine on 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6. >> But on Panther (10.3) when I try to install this meta-package, both >> the packages are read one by one. Package-2 passes the check and >> shows the installation screen. But immediately the screen shows >> ³Package-1 can not be installed on this computer² message. Thus >> ending with only ³close² button left to select. >> >> Changing the sequence of packages addition has no effect on this >> result. >> >> Does anyone has seen such problem before? >> Please suggest me how should I proceed with the package maker. > > Do you use a Requirement or an InstallationCheck script for the > Gestalt comparison? If you use an InstallationCheck script, which > values do you return? _______________________________________________ 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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Preinstall/Postinstall actions not created using CLI packagemaker
by Ben Staveley-Taylor 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I am running packagemaker from XCode 3.1.2. Interactively built from PackageMaker GUI, I get this package structure: MyInstaller.mpkg Contents Packages MyPackage.pkg MyPackagePostflight.pkg MyPackagePreflight.pkg Built from packagemaker CLI tool, I get this package structure: MyInstaller.mpkg Contents Packages MyPackage.pkg My packagemaker command line is: packagemaker --doc "<path to MyInstaller.pmdoc>" \ --out "<path to MyInstaller.mpkg>" \ --id com.mycompany.myproduct.pkg \ --verbose Thanks Ben Staveley-Taylor Oracle _______________________________________________ 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 created a .pmdoc for my installer, and defined some preinstall and postinstall actions in the Actions tab of the overall Distribution package (not an individual package). When I build the installer from the GUI, it all works. When I build it from the command line as I would do in a build script, the preinstall and postinstall actions do not run. The difference is that when built from the CLI, the pseudo-packages that contain the actions just aren't being created. Has anybody else come across this? What's the vital command line parameter I am missing? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to localize distribution package's requirements message
by Ben Staveley-Taylor 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com After building my installer I have this package structure within it: MyInstaller.mpkg Contents distribution.dist Packages MyPackage.pkg Resources en.lproj background.psd Localizable.strings fr.lproj background.psd Localizable.strings (... etc for other languages) Have I misunderstood the mechanism? Thanks. -- Ben. On 8 Sep 2009, at 23:58, Iceberg-Dev wrote: On Sep 8, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Ben Staveley-Taylor wrote: <script>function pm_install_check() { if(!(system.run('<My script path here>') == true)) { my.result.title = '<my English message title here>'; my.result.message = '<my English message text here>'; my.result.type = 'Fatal'; return false; } return true; } </script> my.result.title = 'MY_KEY_TITLE'; my.result.message = 'MY_KEY_MESSAGE'; English.lproj > Localizable.strings "MY_KEY_TITLE" = "This is my title in English"; "MY_KEY_MESSAGE" = "This is my message in English"; French.lproj > Localizable.strings "MY_KEY_TITLE" = "Ceci est mon titre en Français"; "MY_KEY_MESSAGE" = "Ceci est mon message en Français"; _______________________________________________ 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 the answer. I'm very happy to create a Localizable.strings file if this is what it takes, but I can't get it to work. All I get are the string keys ("MY_KEY_TITLE" etc) appearing in the alert. I used en/fr.lproj instead of English/French.lproj because that was already there in the package from adding my other localized files via the GUI. However, I have tried using English/French.lproj instead, but no difference. My localizable.string files are UTF-16. Does anyone know how to provide localizations for the messages displayed by the Requirements elements of a distribution package? (This is using PackageMaker.) I am adding a requirement, if Result of Script then <Failure Message>, and I can't see any way to enter text other than in English. I have created localized Resource folders in the package using the Edit Interface button, but I don't think that's relevant. After building the .mpkg, it contains this in the distribution.dist file: so there doesn't appear to be any language parameter being used. For the record, you can't do this from PackageMaker. You will need to edit the built package. One solution is to use keys for the title and message and then provide standard Localizable.strings file for each localization. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Problems packaging a Java app
by Chris von See 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Ben, that seems to have done the trick. Thanks! Chris On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:05 AM, Ben Staveley-Taylor wrote: -- Ben. On 8 Sep 2009, at 15:24, installer-dev-request(a)lists.apple.com wrote: Message: 6 Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:01:51 -0700 From: Chris von See <cvonsee(a)comcast.net> Subject: Problems packaging a Java app To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Message-ID: <6A993E47-B42F-4600-9018-2E77BED167E7(a)comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Hi - I'm a newbie to Mac development. I've been trying to use Package Maker to create an installation package for a Java application, but for some reason I can't quite get it to work. The package seems to generate correctly, it looks to be about the right size for the app I'm trying to install, and it runs to completion when I execute it... but none of my files show up in the target directory. _______________________________________________ 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 suggestion: check the package's Components tab and see if the "Allow Relocation" box is selected for your app. I'd recommend you unselect it. If it is selected, the installer will find the package by hook or by crook elsewhere on your system and perform the installation there, instead of where you think it is going to. If you've got a development machine with several old copies of the application in various places, it could be going anywhere! If this is your problem, beware also that PackageMaker tends to re- enable the Allow Relocation setting when you make significant changes to the package, so check it again before you ship. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to skip 'destination select' step in Iceberg installer?
by Greg Neagle 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -Greg On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Iceberg-Dev wrote: On Sep 8, 2009, at 11:42 AM, FalgupanchalD FalgupanchalD wrote: How to skip 'destination select' step in Iceberg installer? Hi, I 've developed an installer setup for mac in Iceberg software. You can't prevent this whatever software you use to build the package. _______________________________________________ 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/greg.neagle%40disneyan… _______________________________________________ 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.… Would it not be better to figure out why the Installer thinks a newer version is already installed? Perhaps the version in the older package is the sam or higher than in the package to be installed? I m facing a critical issue when any older version of my software is already installed and I try to install the newer one. It shows me the alert dialog on selecting the root volume- that 'the volume already contains the new software and this will replace the newer one with older one. do you like to continue?' This seems so irritating to the end user. so I would like to remove the 'destination select' dialog completely from my installer. Can anyone guide me how this can be possible? This is due to the fact that Installer.app (actually, probably the Installation framework since you can install packages with installer) keeps track of what was installed on your Mac. You would need to help it forget something has been installed. It is usually best to do this in the postflight script. >From Mac OS X 10.0 to 10.5, you can just get rid of the receipt in / Library/Receipts/ (or its home folder counter part). For Mac OS X 10.6, you would need to use the pkgutil tool and the -- forget option. This email sent to greg.neagle(a)disneyanimation.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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