Hi Matt,
Thanks so much for this. I was using PM version 3.0.2, I hadn't
realized that there was a new version of XCode available, for some
reason I thought it would auto-magically detect a new version and
offer to update itself. Anyway I downloaded the latest and installed
it, so I now have PM 3.0.3. Using this version I was able to re-
create your experience!
AFAICT, there were at least three problems using 3.0.2 that caused
confusion:
1. After dragging the folder containing the files to the PM Window
and then selecting "/Applcations/AppFolder/" as the destination of
the of the Container *and* the Folder within and saving the project,
the folder Destination value is NOT saved. If close and re-load the
project it the Destination field of "AppFolder" is empty!
2. The Permissions were not set incorrectly, e.g. the values in the
Contents Tab were not stored.
3. Empty Folders are not installed/created, this masked the problems
in point 1 above.
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Anyway, these problems went away with 3.0.3. I now have four
remaining problems:
1. The folder I drag into the PM window has a custom icon on it.
This does not get copied correctly, when installed it is just a plain
folder. I am guessing it's because the Icon hidden file it's copied
over or re-created correctly. No big deal.
2. When I run the Install Package after the Initial Screen and
clicking "Continue", I get to the Screen where is says - Standard
Install on "VolumeName", there is a button that says "Change Install
Location", if I press it brings up a list of all mounted volumes
(including iPod's!). I can't seem to find a way to get rid of this, I
just want it be be installed in "/Applications" on the System Volume
and nowhere else. This is much more of a problem.
3. Empty folders do not seem to be installed and I can't seem to
find a way to enable the installation of empty folders. This a
significant problem too.
4. .DS_Store files are included in the install package unless you un-
check them. No Big Deal.
Well at least I have something to show now!
Thanks again to all that helped.
All the Best
Dave
On 17 Dec 2008, at 11:49, Matt Gough wrote:
On 17 Dec 2008, at 12:28, Dave wrote:
Thanks a lot, it certainly is a lot easier to use and a lot less
flakey, but it still doesn't work. It does not create a folder in
"/Applications" it just installs the raw files there instead. I'm
giving up on PackageMaker, it just doesn't work and there doesn't
seem to be any support for it.
Seems crazy that you can't do this one simple thing with it, in
every other installer I've ever used this would have been a 5 min
job, 2 days later using PackageMaker and still nothing. Oh well,
such is life.
Dave, After 5 minutes in PackageMaker (having never used it before
and not having read any instructions) I was perfectly able to
install an app and other files within a Sub-folder of /Applications
This is with PM 3.0.3:
Assuming your folder with app and files is MyApp (and that it isn't
already in /Applications):
1. Create a new Package.
2. Drop MyApp into the Contents section of the package
3. In Configuration > Destination enter /Applications/MyApp
4. If you always want to ensure the actual app ends up in that
folder and does not update an existing installation elsewhere on
the disk:
4a. In Components, turn off the Allow Relocation checkbox
5. Build and Run
That's it
My guess is that for Step 3, you just had /Applications. That's
what I had the first time I tried it and everything did indeed get
put directly in /Applications.
Hope that helps
Matt Gough
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