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How to access resources in flat distribution package
by Kevin Molcard 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Hi all, I am using Packages to build my package. I have some resources that I have to access in my postflight script. In bundle format I used this: ROOT_PATH=`sudo dirname "$1"` RESOURCES_PATH="$ROOT_PATH/../Resources/" This seems to not work with flat packages. Does anyone know how to access these resources? Thanks in advance. Kevin -- Kevin Molcard Sofware Engineer ARTURIA 4 chemin de Malacher 38240 Meylan - France Tel: +33 438 020 555 Fax: +33 438 020 525 http://www.arturia.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com I am trying to convert my package to flat distribution to be able to sign it using productsign.

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Re: /usr/local/lib
by Stephane Sudre 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 2:49 PM, koko <koko(a)highrolls.net> wrote: > I am trying to install usb drivers to /usr/local/lib on a customers 10.7.4 machine. > > No matter what I do permissions wise it is a no go. > > So, what is necessary in package maker to install to /usr/local/lib? Can you reproduce the issue with a project trying to install a simple text file in this location? If so, can you provide the resulting package so it can be examined? _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Packagemaker command line options
by Mitchell Laurren-Ring 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

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Re: /usr/local/lib
by koko 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

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Re: /usr/local/lib
by koko 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

The manufacturer of the usb device provided the drivers and specified where they should be installed. This works on 10.7.3 and 10.6.8 On Jun 20, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Rustam Muginov wrote: > Where are no /usr/local/ folder in default Mac OS X installation. > Do you creating one? > > And what is the reason to install into this folder? > -- > Sincerely, > Rustam Muginov > > On Jun 20, 2012, at 2:49 PM, koko wrote: > >> I am trying to install usb drivers to /usr/local/lib on a customers 10.7.4 machine. >> >> No matter what I do permissions wise it is a no go. >> >> So, what is necessary in package maker to install to /usr/local/lib? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/rmuginov%40gmail.com >> >> This email sent to rmuginov(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: https://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: /usr/local/lib
by Rustam Muginov 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Where are no /usr/local/ folder in default Mac OS X installation. Do you creating one? And what is the reason to install into this folder? -- Sincerely, Rustam Muginov On Jun 20, 2012, at 2:49 PM, koko wrote: > I am trying to install usb drivers to /usr/local/lib on a customers 10.7.4 machine. > > No matter what I do permissions wise it is a no go. > > So, what is necessary in package maker to install to /usr/local/lib? > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/rmuginov%40gmail.com > > This email sent to rmuginov(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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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/usr/local/lib
by koko 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

I am trying to install usb drivers to /usr/local/lib on a customers 10.7.4 machine. No matter what I do permissions wise it is a no go. So, what is necessary in package maker to install to /usr/local/lib? _______________________________________________ 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: https://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: PackageMaker & a Script
by George Spiese 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

_______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Basically I did this for my use: 1. Install the Flash player normall and make the change to the /Library/Application\ Support/Macromedia/mms.cfg to read AutoUpdateDisable=1 2. Mount the install_flash_player_osx.dmg 3. Right click install Adobe Flash Player and select show package contents 4. Navigate to the Contents/Resources and drag Adobe Flash Player.pkg in to the sources pane of Composer and convert to source. 5. Drag the /Library/Application\ Support/Macromedia/mms.cfg in to the source you just created in Composer 6. Under the Abobe Flash source in Composer , Right clickthe scripts folder and add Shell script, Pre-flight script, then add the contents of the script you want to execute. 7. Build it as a newly created (non-flat package) in Composer Hasaan Herrington Technical Support III Anchorage School District herrington_hasaan(a)asdk12.org< mailto:herrington_hasaan@asdk12.org > ________________________________ From: George Spiese [gspiese(a)csc.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:14 PM To: Herrington_Hasaan Cc: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Re: PackageMaker & a Script I had reviewed the Casper Admin Guide previously, and posted to their Discussions. There it was suggested that Casper Composer "might" not be the best tool to do what I want. Now, going back to it, the only place I see to place the preflight script is in the Adobe Flash Player .pkg, something that doesn't seem right- I wonder if placing it in the third party package IS the correct place to put it. To test it, I did place it there. But now I want to place a file on the source Mac so I drag the file I want to place into the left pane of Composer. But now, I don't see a place to add the destination for that file. PackageMaker has a field for the destination, but I can't see it in Composer. Where do I indicate the destination? Please note that I am not building this pkg from a build Mac. I don't want to use a snapshot in this case. Thanks, George Spiese From: Herrington_Hasaan <herrington_hasaan(a)asdk12.org> To: George Spiese/USA/SC/CSC@CSC, Date: 06/20/2012 02:22 PM Subject: Re: PackageMaker & a Script ________________________________ See page 70 in in the Casper Administrators Guide, to set a preflight script in your Composer package. Hasaan Herrington Technical Support III Information Technology Sent from my mobile device -----Original message----- From: George Spiese <gspiese(a)csc.com> To: Herrington_Hasaan <herrington_hasaan(a)asdk12.org> Sent: Wed, Jun 20, 2012 17:49:01 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: PackageMaker & a Script I first tried it in Casper Composer, but had no success with placing a script that fired when delivered. Their Discussions folk suggested PackageMaker which is where I am now with this little project. I'd much rather continue using Composer as the tool for making Packages. I am glad yours worked flawlessly, can you tell me where you placed the script and any other step-by-step instruction for me to get mine to also run flawlessly? Thanks, George Spiese From: Herrington_Hasaan <herrington_hasaan(a)asdk12.org> To: George Spiese/USA/SC/CSC@CSC, Date: 06/20/2012 10:55 AM Subject: Re: PackageMaker & a Script ________________________________ Hey George, I just did the same process you outlined yesterday using Composer from the Casper Suite, used a preflight script to remove existing files, installed the adobe flash. Pkg and my edited .cfg file. The process worked flawlessly. Hasaan Herrington Technical Support III Information Technology Sent from my mobile device -----Original message----- From: George Spiese <gspiese(a)csc.com> To: "installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com" <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Sent: Wed, Jun 20, 2012 14:05:03 GMT+00:00 Subject: PackageMaker & a Script I am using Apple's PackageMaker v3.0.5 to create a mpkg file that contains three items: •A shell script •An Adobe Flash Player .pkg file •A .cfg file Everything works except the script. How do I get this script to fire when sending to a remote Mac? Each item works when tested individually. The test was using Casper Suite's Casper Remote to send each to a remote Mac. The shell script sent, unpackaged fires and deletes three files on the remote Mac, just fine. The adobe Flash .pkg sent the same way installs the Flash Plugin and daemon as expected. The file is the mms.cfg. File that the Adobe Software Update Daemon reads. I've changed the settings of this file to what I want it to be. This file gets placed where I've indicated in the destination field of PackageMaker. I have changed the permissions on the script to Owner=root and Group=admin which had no affect. The script isn't running. I need to know where in PackageMaker to place the script and how I ensure it runs when sent to a remote Mac. Thanks, George Spiese thewizard(a)macwizard.net

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Re: PackageMaker & a Script
by George Spiese 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

_______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com See page 70 in in the Casper Administrators Guide, to set a preflight script in your Composer package. Hasaan Herrington Technical Support III Information Technology Sent from my mobile device -----Original message----- From: George Spiese <gspiese(a)csc.com> To: Herrington_Hasaan <herrington_hasaan(a)asdk12.org> Sent: Wed, Jun 20, 2012 17:49:01 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: PackageMaker & a Script I first tried it in Casper Composer, but had no success with placing a script that fired when delivered. Their Discussions folk suggested PackageMaker which is where I am now with this little project. I'd much rather continue using Composer as the tool for making Packages. I am glad yours worked flawlessly, can you tell me where you placed the script and any other step-by-step instruction for me to get mine to also run flawlessly? Thanks, George Spiese From: Herrington_Hasaan <herrington_hasaan(a)asdk12.org> To: George Spiese/USA/SC/CSC@CSC, Date: 06/20/2012 10:55 AM Subject: Re: PackageMaker & a Script ________________________________ Hey George, I just did the same process you outlined yesterday using Composer from the Casper Suite, used a preflight script to remove existing files, installed the adobe flash. Pkg and my edited .cfg file. The process worked flawlessly. Hasaan Herrington Technical Support III Information Technology Sent from my mobile device -----Original message----- From: George Spiese <gspiese(a)csc.com> To: "installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com" <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Sent: Wed, Jun 20, 2012 14:05:03 GMT+00:00 Subject: PackageMaker & a Script I am using Apple's PackageMaker v3.0.5 to create a mpkg file that contains three items: •A shell script •An Adobe Flash Player .pkg file •A .cfg file Everything works except the script. How do I get this script to fire when sending to a remote Mac? Each item works when tested individually. The test was using Casper Suite's Casper Remote to send each to a remote Mac. The shell script sent, unpackaged fires and deletes three files on the remote Mac, just fine. The adobe Flash .pkg sent the same way installs the Flash Plugin and daemon as expected. The file is the mms.cfg. File that the Adobe Software Update Daemon reads. I've changed the settings of this file to what I want it to be. This file gets placed where I've indicated in the destination field of PackageMaker. I have changed the permissions on the script to Owner=root and Group=admin which had no affect. The script isn't running. I need to know where in PackageMaker to place the script and how I ensure it runs when sent to a remote Mac. Thanks, George Spiese thewizard(a)macwizard.net

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Re: PackageMaker & a Script
by Stephane Sudre 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:21 PM, George Spiese <gspiese(a)csc.com> wrote: > In tests, I had placed the script I have in the left pane, put it was not > named preflight, it was the name I gave it when I created it. It has the > file name extension .sh. I am not sure what you mean by put it in the > "Resources" directory. I don't see one. Should I rename the Script > "Preflight" (with or without the .sh extension?) and drop it into the left > pane of PackageMaker? The Resources folder Greg is referring to is the one you can see if you inspect your built package with the ctrl+click command in the Finder (Show Package Contents). If you don't see this menu item, then it's a flat package. > Can you also explain where to indicate a "bundle" > package or "flat" package. I don't see settings for that. You can't directly do that in PackageMaker. The format is determined by the target. If you select Mac OS X 10.5, then you get a flat package/distribution. _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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