February 2013 - Installer-dev

How to add JRE requirement in Packages?
by Don Montalvo 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

We are wrapping an application that requires JRE 1.5 (10.5 users), or JRE 1.6 (10.6/10.7/10.8 users). How do we go about adding this requirement to the Requirements & Resources tab in Packages 1.1.1? Thanks, Don _______________________________________________ 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: Installing in multiple locations
by Stephane Sudre 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Wojciech Toman <tomanw(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm fairly new to PackageMaker and would therefore like to hear your > suggestions how to approach a following task. I need to install > exactly same contents to several different locations. Contents is a > plugin and locations are host applications. I tried using choices > (each with the same contents) for that but it seems that each choice > increases size of the installer. Of course I would prefer to reuse the > contents instead of duplicating it inside the installer. > > So there must be a better way of doing this. Assuming you trust the end-user not to change anything (which is a wrong assumption IMHO), the following solution could work but it requires to edit the distribution script. If your package is relocatable, you can probably just use the same reference to this package for each choice and set the customLocation attribute of the choice to the specific location of the choice. I haven't tested that. _______________________________________________ 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: Installing in multiple locations
by Andrew Keller 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

On Feb 25, 2013, at 6:08 AM, Wojciech Toman wrote: > I'm fairly new to PackageMaker and would therefore like to hear your > suggestions how to approach a following task. I need to install > exactly same contents to several different locations. Contents is a > plugin and locations are host applications. I tried using choices > (each with the same contents) for that but it seems that each choice > increases size of the installer. Of course I would prefer to reuse the > contents instead of duplicating it inside the installer. > > So there must be a better way of doing this. First, PackageMaker was deprecated years ago. It's not a good idea to use it for new projects. Second, duplicates of anything introduce another level of complexity in any system. It's more things to maintain, and more things that can break. Can you refactor your architecture to not use duplicates? Third, the compression technique used by installer packages is not smart enough to detect duplicates, in my experience. One possible alternative would be to install the component into a single location, and use a postinstall script to copy it to other locations. HTH Andrew Keller _______________________________________________ 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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Installing in multiple locations
by Wojciech Toman 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

Hello, I'm fairly new to PackageMaker and would therefore like to hear your suggestions how to approach a following task. I need to install exactly same contents to several different locations. Contents is a plugin and locations are host applications. I tried using choices (each with the same contents) for that but it seems that each choice increases size of the installer. Of course I would prefer to reuse the contents instead of duplicating it inside the installer. So there must be a better way of doing this. -- Regards, Wojciech Toman _______________________________________________ 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: Installer-dev Digest, Vol 102, Issue 14
by Ballinger, Shawn 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Thanks! On 2/21/13 1:00 PM, "installer-dev-request(a)lists.apple.com" <installer-dev-request(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: >Send Installer-dev mailing list submissions to > installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/installer-dev >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > installer-dev-request(a)lists.apple.com > >You can reach the person managing the list at > installer-dev-owner(a)lists.apple.com > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Installer-dev digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Custom Install pane questions (Natalia Antonova) > 2. Re: Custom Install pane questions (Stephane Sudre) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:38:23 +0400 >From: Natalia Antonova <natalya.a.antonova(a)gmail.com> >To: Installer-Dev mailing-list <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> >Subject: Custom Install pane questions >Message-ID: > <CAND+mHqmf2Xy97-yDWm-fAOZksB58MFXONyR4Lx12+SYr5b9pQ(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hello > >On the Custom Install dialog I have 7 visible components that user can >customize. All the components must be installed to the same directory, but >user shall be allowed to change this directory. Thus in the Distribution >file I have 1 fake choice on the top level with "customLocation" tag >enabled, this choice doesn't have package reference. And I have 7 >sub-choices below the top one, these choices don't have the >"customLocation" tag defined but have references to the packages, so >installation location is inherited from the top choice for these packages. >And since some components are quite big, I would like to show Custom >Install dialog by default to let users decide if they really need all the >components. > > <options customize="always" ...> >... ><choices-outline> > <line choice="choice_top"> > <line choice="choice_component_1"> > ... > <line choice="choice_component_7"> > </line> ></choices-outline> > ><choice id="choice_top" title="" customLocation="<default_location>" .. > ></choice> > <choice id="choice_component_1" title="" .. > > <pkg_ref id=""> </pkg_ref> ></choice> >... > >That works well but brings 3 issues. Does anyone knows how to resolve >these? > >1. Choices are always collapsed by default so users will see only top >choice until they expand it manually. Is that possible to display choices >expanded? >I know that if I remove the "choice_top" and move component choices to the >top level, collapse-problem will be resolved but will it be possible to >keep same installation folder for all selected choices? > >2. Even though I have customize="always", I still see the Standard Install >dialog following the Custom install one. This looks confusing IMHO. Is it >possible to skip it somehow? > >3. I have a plugin between PackageSelection and Install sections, it >checks >selected choices and asks "are you sure" if some particular components are >selected. So in fact after users press "Install" button on Standard >Install >dialog, they will be asked if they want to go back and deselect >components. >I would like to jump back right to the Custom Install dialog from my >plugin, but I just know how to return to the previous pane (i.e. to the >Standard Install in my case). So the question is - is it possible to jump >2 >standard panes back from the plugin? > >Thanks, >/ Natalia >

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Re: Custom Install pane questions
by Stephane Sudre 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Natalia Antonova <natalya.a.antonova(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > On the Custom Install dialog I have 7 visible components that user can > customize. All the components must be installed to the same directory, but > user shall be allowed to change this directory. Thus in the Distribution > file I have 1 fake choice on the top level with "customLocation" tag > enabled, this choice doesn't have package reference. And I have 7 > sub-choices below the top one, these choices don't have the "customLocation" > tag defined but have references to the packages, so installation location is > inherited from the top choice for these packages. > And since some components are quite big, I would like to show Custom Install > dialog by default to let users decide if they really need all the > components. > > <options customize="always" ...> > ... > <choices-outline> > <line choice="choice_top"> > <line choice="choice_component_1"> > ... > <line choice="choice_component_7"> > </line> > </choices-outline> > > <choice id="choice_top" title="" customLocation="<default_location>" .. > > </choice> > <choice id="choice_component_1" title="" .. > > <pkg_ref id=""> </pkg_ref> > </choice> > ... > > That works well but brings 3 issues. Does anyone knows how to resolve these? > 2. Even though I have customize="always", I still see the Standard Install > dialog following the Custom install one. This looks confusing IMHO. Is it > possible to skip it somehow? Not possible. > 3. I have a plugin between PackageSelection and Install sections, it checks > selected choices and asks "are you sure" if some particular components are > selected. So in fact after users press "Install" button on Standard Install > dialog, they will be asked if they want to go back and deselect components. > I would like to jump back right to the Custom Install dialog from my plugin, > but I just know how to return to the previous pane (i.e. to the Standard > Install in my case). So the question is - is it possible to jump 2 standard > panes back from the plugin? Not possible with the official API and a class-dump of Installer.app does not reveal a private method that could be used to achieve this. _______________________________________________ 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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Custom Install pane questions
by Natalia Antonova 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

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Re: How to quit running app before installer replaces it?
by Don Montalvo 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Have a look at p15 of Rusty's PSU presentation: http://macadmins.psu.edu/macadmins/files/2012/11/PSUMAC208-Intro_to_Packagi… Don Sean McBride <sean(a)rogue-research.com> wrote: > Now, I just need to figure out what a 'distribution script' is. :) _______________________________________________ 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: Gatekeeper and downloading packages
by Natalia Antonova 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

_______________________________________________ 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 installer-dev-bounces+p.grathwohl=mailto:steinberg.de@lists.apple.com wrote on 20.02.2013 08:00:29: > From: Natalia Antonova <mailto:natalya.a.antonova@gmail.com>

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Re: Gatekeeper and downloading packages
by Paul Grathwohl 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

_______________________________________________ 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 installer-dev-bounces+p.grathwohl=steinberg.de(a)lists.apple.com wrote on 20.02.2013 08:00:29: > From: Natalia Antonova <natalya.a.antonova(a)gmail.com>

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