Re: [OT] Building Mac Installers
Chipp Walters wrote: Scott, Let us know what you find out! I would like a Mac installer which would do the following: 1) Create an Internet compatible DMG 2) Create an install finder window like: http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/StandaloneBuilderTutorial/16.jpg 3) Display the README.txt and LICENSE.txt files BEFORE allowing install (with checkboxes of course) 4) Extra bonus points if it actually installs anything. For some reason, Apple thinks mounting a DMG as a volume is the same as installing an application. Unless one knows to drag/drop the contents TO the APPS folder, the program is GONE next reboot (not to mention it is a write-only partition). An installer, which installs (like every other platform uses) would be nice. I have to agree with Andre, use PackageMaker. I just finished creating an installer with this and it does everything you ask for and more. Once you've created your package, you can use a utility like DropDMG to put the pkg file onto a downloadable dmg file. Or you can just zip and distribute the pkg file; either one. Note though that most Mac users have no problem dragging apps to the Applications folder and Apple recommends that if you are distributing a single bundle app, you should use the drag method rather than an installer. Installers seem to be a fairly Windows-oriented thing. The main reason my client and I had to use the Apple package installer is because we needed to set custom permissions on a folder, but other than that dragging would have been fine. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Building Mac Installers
On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:21 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: Scott, Let us know what you find out! I would like a Mac installer which would do the following: 1) Create an Internet compatible DMG 2) Create an install finder window like: http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/StandaloneBuilderTutorial/16.jpg 3) Display the README.txt and LICENSE.txt files BEFORE allowing install (with checkboxes of course) 4) Extra bonus points if it actually installs anything. For some reason, Apple thinks mounting a DMG as a volume is the same as installing an application. Unless one knows to drag/drop the contents TO the APPS folder, the program is GONE next reboot (not to mention it is a write-only partition). An installer, which installs (like every other platform uses) would be nice. FileStorm from MindVision does all of these things. For DMG files that don't require installers, having an alias to the Applications folder on the DMG itself is handy so the user just drops the application onto the alias to install. -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems - www.bluemangolearning.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Building Mac Installers
Chipp, why don't you use a .pkg file? The Developers Tools come with PackageMaker, it allows you to build nice installers that actually install something. Andre On Jan 30, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: Scott, Let us know what you find out! I would like a Mac installer which would do the following: 1) Create an Internet compatible DMG 2) Create an install finder window like: http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/StandaloneBuilderTutorial/16.jpg 3) Display the README.txt and LICENSE.txt files BEFORE allowing install (with checkboxes of course) 4) Extra bonus points if it actually installs anything. For some reason, Apple thinks mounting a DMG as a volume is the same as installing an application. Unless one knows to drag/drop the contents TO the APPS folder, the program is GONE next reboot (not to mention it is a write-only partition). An installer, which installs (like every other platform uses) would be nice. -Chipp ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Building Mac Installers
I think you meant, read only, correct Chipp? On Jan 30, 2007, at 1:21 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: not to mention it is a write-only partition ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Building Mac Installers
Scott, Let us know what you find out! I would like a Mac installer which would do the following: 1) Create an Internet compatible DMG 2) Create an install finder window like: http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/StandaloneBuilderTutorial/16.jpg 3) Display the README.txt and LICENSE.txt files BEFORE allowing install (with checkboxes of course) 4) Extra bonus points if it actually installs anything. For some reason, Apple thinks mounting a DMG as a volume is the same as installing an application. Unless one knows to drag/drop the contents TO the APPS folder, the program is GONE next reboot (not to mention it is a write-only partition). An installer, which installs (like every other platform uses) would be nice. -Chipp ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Building Mac Installers
Scott, I assume you have the Developers Tools installed on your mac. There's an application called PackageMaker that is bundled with it. It allows you to build .pkg files with all the options you want including scripts. a quote: "You can bundle executable files within your package and Installer.app will run these executables during the install. Generally these files will be shell scripts." Just launch it and look into the help file, everything is there!!! Cheers andre On Jan 29, 2007, at 8:23 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: Scott, the installer must be a .pkg? can't you build a stack that is an installer and will execute the scripts and everything? it might be easier... Andre On Jan 29, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: This is an off-topic request for anyone who has experience building installers on the Mac platform that rely on scripts. I received a request from a client to build installers that need to do some condition checking and be editable on the client's end, via text-editing a script or similar. DMG drag-install is not an option due to file-checking needs, and packages that charge per seat/year usage fees are not acceptable. I came across a package called MacInstallerBuilder which looks promising, but am wondering if any folks around here have other experience and/or suggestions. Please contact off-list. Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Building Mac Installers
Scott, the installer must be a .pkg? can't you build a stack that is an installer and will execute the scripts and everything? it might be easier... Andre On Jan 29, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: This is an off-topic request for anyone who has experience building installers on the Mac platform that rely on scripts. I received a request from a client to build installers that need to do some condition checking and be editable on the client's end, via text-editing a script or similar. DMG drag-install is not an option due to file-checking needs, and packages that charge per seat/year usage fees are not acceptable. I came across a package called MacInstallerBuilder which looks promising, but am wondering if any folks around here have other experience and/or suggestions. Please contact off-list. Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
[OT] Building Mac Installers
This is an off-topic request for anyone who has experience building installers on the Mac platform that rely on scripts. I received a request from a client to build installers that need to do some condition checking and be editable on the client's end, via text-editing a script or similar. DMG drag-install is not an option due to file-checking needs, and packages that charge per seat/year usage fees are not acceptable. I came across a package called MacInstallerBuilder which looks promising, but am wondering if any folks around here have other experience and/or suggestions. Please contact off-list. Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
