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Hi All,
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So, here is a short description on how I got installation package on mac osx.
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1. Build package.
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2. Copy package and related files to the following directory structure:
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./Package_Root/Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/Info.plist
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./Package_Root/Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS
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./Package_Root/Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyAppExec
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./Package_Root/Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/PkgInfo
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./Package_Root/Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/Resources/MyAppIcon.icns
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./Package_Root/Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/Resources/MyAppResources.rsrc
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./Package_Root/usr/share/somedata
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./Package_Root/usr/bin/some_utility
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./Resources/License.txt
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./Resources/ReadMe.txt
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./Resources/Welcome.txt
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The file PkgInfo contains "APPL????" The file Info.plist contains
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package instructions. I would suggest looking at Info.plist.in in
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wxWindows and modify it by putting your info in. MyAppIcon.icns is an
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icon created by IconComposer in /Developmer/Applications.
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MyAppResources.rsrc is a compiled resources file. I used the one from
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wxWindows and it seems to be working fine. Some mac person could
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explain this. Make sure that Info.plist contains:
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<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
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<string>MyAppIcon.icns</string>
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This will tell it which icon to use.
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The ./Package_Root/usr/share/somedata and
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./Package_Root/usr/bin/some_utility are some extra data that your
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application is using. For example they can be a command line version
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of the application and some common files.
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The ./Resources directory contains resources used during
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installation. The names of files describe what should go in. They can
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be rtf, txt...
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3. Create package using PackageMaker.
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Fire up PackageMaker from /Developmer/Applications. Fill all the
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entries. Most of them are straight forward. Package root is
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./Package_Root. Resources directory is ./Resources. If your
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application needs to write to /usr (or to some other place beside
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/Applications, then make sure to enable authentication. After you fill
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all the entries, create package. This will create a directory on your
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disk containing a whole lot of junk. Now you need to package this
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directory.
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4. Create a disk image.
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Run Disk Copy from /Applications/Utilities. The easiest way of
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creating disk image is to first create empty folder, copy all the
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files in and then tell Disk Copy to create disk image from folder. So,
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create folder MyApp, copy in MyApp.pkg and create package.
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Now you are done. This will create one file, which you can copy around.
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So, what is missing is how to make application icon show in the
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finder. I can make it show when running application, but not when I am
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looking at application. Even if I ask for preview.
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I guess somebody else will have to answer this.
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Good luck.
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Andy
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