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PackageMaker is a utility for creating installer packages to be used with Mac OS X. Earlier, it was bundled with Apple's Xcode developer tools but with release of XCode 4.3, it comes in separate Auxiliary Tools package. It supports both GUI mode and command-line mode of creating installer packages for MacOS.

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PackageMaker on Mac OS X with Java Applcation

Step 1: I have a Java application that I bundle into a .app file via Jar Bundler. The Java file relies on some folders, one of which is called "Config" Step 2: I right click MyApplication.app, select "Show Package Contents", and plot the Config…
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packagemaker partial install if folder exists

I have created a PackageMaker (OSX) Installer that successfully installs two items, a main file, and a folder of files (with root), within '/Applications/[specific Application folder]/' path. Now I want to make sure the installer doesn't install the…
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PackageMaker Qt4

I'm having a problem with Qt4 in PackageMaker. After generating the installer, I tested it in a virtual machine, but I'm getting one problem, QtGui is not recognized by the other program. As if it would not be installed. I tried to use aliases…
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packagemaker run shell script

I'm using PackageMaker to install an app update and want to add a preinstall script to delete some files in the /Applications/ folder. The script is simply: #!/bin/bash rm /Applications/... etc. If I run this script with Terminal using bash…
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iceberg with lzma compression

I use iceberg to distribute my packages for OS X platform. I want to compress my files with lzma algorithm like in nsis (for windows). I researched this but I couldn't find anything about it. Probably there is no solution for iceberg and lzma but…
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PackageMaker command line option for requires restart

Im creating a build script to automate PackageMaker to install a kext, however I cant see the command line option for requires restart. Anyone know how to do it?
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NSAppleScript with administrator previleges fails when application is launched from package maker

I have a MAC OSX cocoa application,where i used NSAppleScript to run some script with administrator privileges .The application works fine when it is launched manually or from any other script . But NSAppleScript doesn't launch the intended script…
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How to require / add a dependency to Mono with PackageMaker or MonoMac?

I'm building an application which is made of four .app packages: a launcher, a client, a server manager and a runtime. The launcher's .app is distributed in a .pkg file generated by MonoMac's packaging option. The other .app files are…
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Pass Arguments to Package Maker Contents Install Destination from Command line (Terminal)

I am using Mac 10.8 and latest version of Package Maker. My product destination path (Install Location) contains our Product version. Eg. Test/1.1.0.1/Sample. We have planned to automate the process. We will increase the build number in each…
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Why does this preinstall script just partly run?

I use PackageMaker to create an installation package. The following is my preinstall script to be called by Installer: #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/osascript <
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Set icon of a Mac folder

I am making an installer with packagemaker for Mac OS X, and i would like to have my bundle placed inside a directory together with another executable for uninstallation. The problem that I have is that i would like to have that directory to have…
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Include libusb in a package without the use of Macports

I'm making an installer for my Qt app that communicates with the USB port. For the app to work, libusb must be installed. I can do that using macports in terminal but that might be a hassle for my users so I'm packaging the app using Apple's package…
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Scriptable way to create flat .pkg files with custom resources and scripts

I have created a flat .pkg file with following options on 10.7 using PackageMaker 3.0.6: /Applications/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/Package --root ./myroot \ --id com.myroot.pkg --title "My Root" --scripts ./scripts --target 10.5 \ --verbose…
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PackageMaker installing the app file but not setting its custom icon

I have created an installer for my application bundle(.app) and the installer successfully installed the application in Applications folder but it is not setting the icon which i set previously before installation to the bundle. In Applications my…
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How to give relative path for destinations of plugins (executable bundles) packagemaker?

How to give relative path of destination of bundles while creating package from packagemaker?
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