My Java application has a launcher which is a .app and a helper app which is bundled with it. I am trying to make .pkg installer with a background image using the following commands: pkgbuild --r...

I am a developer of iOS, and developed a mac app. Now I want to distribute my app so that a searched for it and found that we need to upload .app to Mac App Store it looks fine. While for self dist...

I have used pkgbuild to create a default Component Property List file. The file looks like: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "ht...

I am trying to create a .pkg installer for a CLI on macOS (Monterey). I have come across pkgbuild and productbuild. They are already installed on my mac. Where can i read more about what these CLIs...

I need to make Mac OS app installer, which also installs other third-party package. When trying to add it via productbuild --synthesize, it tells "ThirdPartyPackage.pkg is a product archive, not a...

I currently distribute a Java application, packaged and signed using pkgbuild on macOS. Recently, Apple warns developers: "In an upcoming release of macOS, Gatekeeper will require Developer ID–...

I have a mac application (Eg. Sample.pkg containing Sample.app) along with few pkg dependencies (Eg. A.pkg and B.pkg ). Whenever the user runs the dmg/product archive bundled with these three packa...

I have apps that I distribute as .pkg files created using pkgbuild and productbuild. With macOS Catalina, this doesn't work any more. The installer complains that I'm trying to install content to t...

I have packaged a Node.js script into an executable using pkg. With the macOS catalina release, all software should be notarized by Apple. As Apple only allows .dmg, .pkg or .app files for distribu...

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 build my own mariaDB arch linux package with PKGBUILD i have binries which are teady to be installed . I has bash script (arch linux PKGBUILD) which runs fime and creaes the pkg.tar ...

I created a separated uninstaller to: stop service rm plist file rm datadir ... Problem: in the title bar, it's "Install ..." and the welcome title is "Welcome to ... installer". Is it possibl...

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 use pkgbuild productbuild to build the installer. However, installing on OS X 10.12 Sierra, after installation is complete, I see the sheet "Do you want to move the installer to the Trash? T...

I'm in the process of porting our installer from PackageMaker to pkgbuild and am trying to make the default install location be the current user's home directory and still allow the user to install...

I want to disable "Change Install Location..." button (screenshot below) in installer. I am trying to create the installer using pkgbuild and productbuild on macOSX 10.8. First, I am creating two ....

I am trying to create an installer for a Java app on Mac OS 10.8.4. The app runs fine, and I can install it without a hitch from a zip file. I can create a .pkg installer with either productbuild o...

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...

I'm packaging my Mac app following this tutorial. The packages is generated in two steps: First I generate a temporary package with pkgbuild. It contains just the binaries pkgbuild --root ${ROO...

I am creating a .pkg installer for my OSX application and I am having trouble figuring out how to set the background image. I am creating my installer in my build script like this: pkgbuild --ro...

I am trying to create a Mac installer package with pkgbuild and productbuild that installs 1 package to 4 locations optionally, depending on the result of the installer options laid out in the dist...

I have my product installer working nicely using pkgbuild and productbuild. However, now I am trying to figure out how to make my installer also function as an uninstaller. I am able to display an ...