site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com On 8 Sep 2010, at 17:39, Damian Johnson wrote:
Hi, I'm currently working on packaging for a command line application of mine (http://www.atagar.com/arm). It's a python script so installing via a tarball hasn't been a problem for mac users so far, but I'm trying to make things easier. I just started distributing debs/rpms for Linux distributions, and I'm not sure of the proper counterpart for Macs. There seems to be two options:
Have you considered using Python's distutils to create a distribution script and register it on the Cheeseshop? That way people who aren't familiar with Python can just download and unpack a tarball and do "sudo python setup.py install" while those people with easy_install or pip can use those tools to fetch it remotely. Here's the relevant bit in distutils about packaging command-line tools: http://docs.python.org/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-scripts David B. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com