I'm making Development tool which needs Git, Heroku, Python, Ruby. So I need package installer to check and install git and heroku toolbelt, if those are not exist. In my guess, I can use package...

I have an electron app built and packaged for macOS in a .app file. The app requires ffmpeg to be installed on the end-user's computer to be used. Currently, I've had to manually install ffmpeg o...

I want to create a native Mac OS X package installer, the creation of the package is not really the problem, the real deal is the dependencies that have to get installed; I need to install Python, ...

When signing an app from an ssh terminal session, I am getting the following error: productsign[29321:707] SignData failed: CSSMERR_CSP_NO_USER_INTERACTION (-2147415840) productsign was working ...

I want to do my installation of pkg file as silent install from mac terminal. So i used the below command to do silent install. sudo installer -store -pkg "/User/MyName/Desktop/helloWorld.pkg" -ta...

I've been attempting to port a Mac PackageMaker command line build to pkgbuild and productbuild but I'm stuck. Unfortunately I haven't found much of anything documenting how these new programs work...

I am trying to package an application I have been working on using OSX. I have the package created and I can do some basic (check system values etc) checks. What I now want to do is to gathe...

Note: This is for OS X Installer packages only, packages for submission to the Mac App Store follow different rules. Because of Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper I finally had to take my PackageMaker bui...

I am wondering how to start an application after installation with PackageMaker. I am receiving tons of emails from my users asking me why the app does not start automatically. Thanks in advance f...

As a service to my users I would like to provide an uninstall script to completely remove all traces of my application on Mac OS X. The application is installed using a package rather than just bei...

I am developing a Mac OS X application(cloud printing application). To run my application i need some support drivers. So i packed those drivers and my application using package maker software. And...

I am using a preflight bash script in packagemaker : run cp -pf "/folder/to/my/db" "/Library/Application Support/app/db The run function (that I found on StackOverflow by the way) : run() { $*; ...

I'm trying to understand how to fix my Mac package developed in Packagemaker (that comes with Xcode 2.4.1) to install on OS Lion 10.7 without requiring admin privileges when it is being run as a st...

My installer is created using PackageMaker. After that I codesigned the installer using the following command. productsign --sign 'Blah, Inc.' Install.mpkg/ CS/Install.mpkg This seem to work pret...

I am trying to build a mac package installer from a script and I want to run postinstall and postflight scripts. My script for building the package looks like this: pkgbuild --root MyRoot/MyApp.ap...

Everything worked on 10.5, but now my PackageMaker installation project is broken. I've been fighting a problem for a few days now, and either Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6.1) has broken PackageMaker i...

I am making an app in python. Using python 2.7 on mac osx 10.8.5. I converted python code into an app using py2app. Then I converted myapp.app into package myapp.pkg using Packages. I am using a co...

I am using PackageMaker for the installer of my application (which is more than a simple bundle). I am wondering how to create an uninstaller, where to install it and how to provide to the user a w...

I'm running a business where we are creating email stationeries for people. We have some Mac users that currently have to download a zip file and manually copy that to their mail stationeries direc...

I'm trying to create an install package. I've got all my components, and I think I understand most of the process. I want to have an install/set-up script that is run as part of the install. I plan...

I've got a project that relies on the now deprecated PackageMaker tool to create an installer for OS X. I'm working on updating it to use pkgbuild and productbuild. I'm trying to add a custom backg...

I know it's possible to give a .pkg file an icon which is seen on my Mac, but I want to make it so it's seen by everyone who might get this package. I've seen this before so I know it's possible, ...

I need to create installer for a product for Mac OS X using CPack with PackageMaker as the generator. I have done some small work, but I have many things that I want to find out. set(CPACK_...

I am trying to figure out how to programmatically change System Preference settings on the Mac OS X. If that is not possible, create some post-installation automation script (using Apple Script or ...

I placed my app bundle in PackageMaker and tried to build it and now I am getting this error: error could not copy resources to en.lproj Any ideas? Thanks Screen Shot: