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An OS X meta installer package that can hold other packages inside itself

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Differences between OSX's .pkg and .pkg.mpkg installers

I'm fighting with OSX's packageMaker as it doesn't allow me to create a '.pkg'. Instead it's forcing me to make a '.pkg.mpkg'. This seems like a stupid question I should be able to respond with a couple of google searches, but I'm not being able to…
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Is the .pkg installation order within an .mpkg deterministic?

I've created an .mpkg package bundle for Mac OS X from a number of .pkg packages. In the post-flight script of one of the .pkg packages, I want to perform an action which depends on another one of the .pkg packages already being installed. Can I…
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Apple PackageMaker CLI: Is there any way to include Postinstall Actions?

I have a PackageMaker .pmdoc designed in the PackageMaker GUI. The top level package item on the sidebar (above the contents) has two Postinstall Actions. They're "Open File" actions. When I build the package inside the PackageMaker GUI, the…
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How to use productsign with mpkg containing smaller signed pkg files?

I have a parent installer package, say, called Parent.unsigned.mpkg that I would like to sign with OS X productsign. The file Parent.unsigned.mpkg contains children packages called A.pkg, B.pkg and C.pkg, which in turn install Clang-compiled…
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Make .mpkg so it can be installed by script on Mac OSX

I want to make a .mpkg that can be installed by a script on OSX. When starting the .mpkg always the GUI-dialog shows up. I tried to disable the GUI, but there seems to be no effective way to do so. Does anyone got an hint for me how to do so? Any…
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Signed .mpkg file in Mac OS X 10.9.5 appears unsigned when installing in Mac OS X 10.10.1

I have an myFile.mpkg file and signed it in Mac OS X 10.9.5 using the command line utility productsign and the following command: productsign --sign "Developer ID Installer: MyDeveloperInstallerId" myFile.mpkg mySignedFile.mpkg The output when I…
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Binary OSX installer for Python extension without admin rights

I am packing up a Python extension in an mpkg, to create an OSX installer. The mpkg is then put in a dmg file. This can be done easily with distutils and bdist_mpkg: python setup.py build_ext python setup.py bdist_mpkg hdiutil create -layout NONE…
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How to create a Mac .pkg from python which supports multiple versions of OSX

I am trying to create a .pkg installer for a python application (specifically Spyderlib). This is not an app but a python package and a command line executable that have to be copied to specific locations. However, the location depends on the…
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When adding a custom plugin to a macOS package, how to make it follow the appearance setting of the operating System?

After many years, I reopened this legacy Apple Sample Code that is an example of custom installer plugin. The project is so old that ships with a test package which is in the legacy (Bundle) format, and its resource file was a legacy .nib, that…
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Applescript from PackageMaker

This is my first time using packagemaker. Basically, I need to copy some files to some folder, and then open photoshop and load a .atn file. I have the applescript written but how can I execute this applescript from package maker? Thanks.
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can we changed pmkg installer file extension

I am new in mpkg installer. when we create a mpkg installer from GUI it also create a .pmdoc workspace. where the file extension is .xml. my question is that can we change the files file extension as txt or other format. if yes is it possible to…
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Install a 3rd party framework using AppleScript from a package

My application depends on another third-party framework and I need to make sure the framework is installed before my application runs. I am using AppleScript to check whether the framework is installed or not. I am packaging my application using…
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