October 2011 - Installer-dev

Re: Installer script requiring super-user access
by Stephane Sudre 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

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=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mt0oJwWcfb//i31DI49Zb8kuyjzC/OB6a0nxVI3lw24=; b=hoIPaeCBLwQBwKVNnLbkQFkGwyMHh6vOD+/wgtC9F60suq7+MD03OytfBHOhhRP9iO N1XjcXLkBTqU5ONDdyx4DjH1Lioo+QT78fV0fsFAq42i8eV3Q2kar0CBNugYKInLwBWN 2Mslv3e8SLBp6dnMe4cIq5CRTcdjUz9YdmY+Y= Wouldn't /Users/Shared/ work for you? Also, please use /bin/rm instead of rm, /bin/mkdir instead of mkdir, and /bin/cp instead of cp. On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Ron Aldrich <raldrich(a)mac.com> wrote: > Hello All, > I've run into an issue with the following installer postinstall script: > #!/bin/sh > # postinstall.sh > rm -f /Library/Application\ Support/Eternal/Eternal™\ Photo\ Drive.dmg > mkdir -p /Library/Application\ Support/Eternal > cp /Volumes/Eternal™\ Photo\ Drive/.Gozinta_support/Eternal™\ Photo\ > Drive.dmg /Library/Application\ Support/Eternal/ > The function of the script is to make a copy of the installer (and all of > it's support files) and place it somewhere on the drive where it will be > accessible to the application later. The file needs to be installed in a > manner that allows it to be read by all users. > The issue is that while the script used to work fine up until Lion, it now > fails because /Library/Application Support/ is no longer user writable. > Any suggestions? > Thanks, > Ron Aldrich > Software Architects, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/dev.iceberg%40gmail.com > > This email sent to dev.iceberg(a)gmail.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

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Installer script requiring super-user access
by Ron Aldrich 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

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Re: Environment variables question
by Heizer, Charles 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

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Environment variables question
by Heizer, Charles 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcyOhRFCT+Pg0yd2SVe0gWrBeZArew== Thread-topic: Environment variables question Hello, I'm trying to understand why I'm unable to read a environment variable in my postflight script. For example, the following will install and run a post flight script where I just echo out each of the following environment variables. export MPLOC=1 export CM_BUILD=CM_BUILD; export COMMAND_LINE_INSTALL=1; /usr/sbin/installer -allow -pkg /tmp/payload-free.pkg -target / The issue is CM_BUILD and COMMAND_LINE_INSTALL echo their values just fine but MPLOC is empty, why? Thanks, Charles _______________________________________________ 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: user home directory?
by Doug Brown 13 Oct '11

13 Oct '11

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Re: user home directory?
by danchik 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com 12 okt 2011 kl. 22:36 skrev Roy Nielsen: The user may be dynamic (not always the same user) -- Per Olofsson System Administrator, ITS, University of Gothenburg _______________________________________________ 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/danchik%40rebelbase.com This email sent to danchik(a)rebelbase.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 had similar issue with trying to determine the user that started the installer that has to install with admin priviliges. After user elevates it, the post script launched another program to do additional steps, but the program is not able to expand tildas in path to the correct user. How does one get the user (or user home path) that started the installer once the installer has been elevated outside of the installer itself? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Per Olofsson" <per.olofsson(a)gu.se> To: "Roy Nielsen" <rsn(a)LANL.GOV> Cc: <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:47 PM Subject: Re: user home directory? I want my installer to run with admin privileges, but install a file on the user's desktop that is running the install… I can't quite wrap my head around getting this to work. Any ideas? • If at all possible, don't - install it when the user launches your application instead. • There might not be a user running the install, and they might not have a desktop. • Users logging into the machine after your package has been installed will not get anything on their desktops. • If you despite this really want to install desktop items with your package, inspect the $USER variable in the post flight script. If it's not set, or belongs to a UID below 500, fail gracefully. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: user home directory?
by Per Olofsson 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AQHMiR6gE3Sbk6Mdu0Ob11ICftQJDpV5DHqAgAAD0wA= Thread-topic: user home directory? 12 okt 2011 kl. 22:47 skrev Per Olofsson: > post flight Damn you, autocorrect! -- Per Olofsson System Administrator, ITS, University of Gothenburg _______________________________________________ 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: user home directory?
by Per Olofsson 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AQHMiR6gE3Sbk6Mdu0Ob11ICftQJDpV5DHqA Thread-topic: user home directory? 12 okt 2011 kl. 22:36 skrev Roy Nielsen: > I want my installer to run with admin privileges, but install a file on the user's desktop that is running the install… > > The user may be dynamic (not always the same user) > > I can't quite wrap my head around getting this to work. Any ideas? • If at all possible, don't - install it when the user launches your application instead. • There might not be a user running the install, and they might not have a desktop. • Users logging into the machine after your package has been installed will not get anything on their desktops. • If you despite this really want to install desktop items with your package, inspect the $USER variable in the post flight script. If it's not set, or belongs to a UID below 500, fail gracefully. -- Per Olofsson System Administrator, ITS, University of Gothenburg _______________________________________________ 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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user home directory?
by Roy Nielsen 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

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Re: Installer-dev Digest, Vol 86, Issue 1
by Greg Neagle 10 Oct '11

10 Oct '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com A followup on this point: > [Q] When I launch an application with open, it is run as root. Why? > > • If you require root authentication to install your package, most of the Installation scripts are run as root. If you want to open an application with the current user account, you can use the $USER environment variable like this: > > /usr/bin/su $USER -c /usr/bin/open /the/path/to/your/application Note that in some contexts (such as running /usr/sbin/installer as root when there is no console user) $USER may not be set. Your scripts should handle that appropriately. -Greg On Oct 9, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Stephane Sudre wrote: > Regarding the second set of results, you are probably experiencing the > classic issue of not knowing _who_ is running the script. > > Check the second Q&A: > > http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/Installer/Installation_Scripts/InstallationScr… > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Rakesh Singhal <rakesh.singhal(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thanks. I am trying to get the language in postflight script using the >> command "defaults read -g AppleLanguages" and "defaults read -g >> AppleLocale". AppleLaguages does not work and it gives error "The >> domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleLanguages) does >> not exist". >> >> In terminal AppleLocale returns en_IN if my Mac OS was installed in English >> or fr_IN if my Mac OS was installed in French, but the same command returns >> "en" in postflight script in above both OS (English and French). >> >> None of them are working. Please let me know how to fix it. >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> Rakesh >> >> >>> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:47:56 +0000 >>> From: Per Olofsson <per.olofsson(a)gu.se> >>> Subject: Re: Add option to choose language during installation >>> To: Installer-Dev mailing-list <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> >>> Message-ID: <427659A8-EF00-4737-AA58-4FA4ACD0FCB6(a)gu.se> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> >>> 4 okt 2011 kl. 06:30 skrev Rakesh Singhal: >>> >>>> I am using Packages tool >>>> (http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Packages/about.html) to create installer >>>> package (mpkg file). I am able to create the installer package and install >>>> it properly without any issue. Now, I would like to add the option to choose >>>> the language when user click on mpkg file. I have added the license >>>> localization and other localization etc in myproject.pkgproj. After these >>>> changes, it creates the .lproj folders for other languages also in mpkg >>>> file. But I am not able to find a way to add the option to choose language >>>> and then pass it to postflight script. To pass the language option to >>>> postflight script, I can create a temp file. But do not know how to add >>>> option. >>> >>> As long as the (m)pkg and the installed bundles have the appropriate >>> lprojs, the system will automatically choose the language that matches the >>> user's language preference. If you have legacy components that need to be >>> localized, you can inspect the settings in a script with: >>> >>> defaults read -g AppleLanguages >>> defaults read -g AppleLocale >>> >>> -- >>> Per Olofsson >>> System Administrator, ITS, University of Gothenburg > _______________________________________________ > 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… > > This email sent to greg.neagle(a)disneyanimation.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

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