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 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'm using productbuild to create a .pkg installer for MacOS Mojave. I've read the schema reference for the Distribution.xml file. I am successfully using this to include a custom welcome. Therefore...

I have an OSX application built with Qt. It is codesigned, packaged up to fit macstore and has been approved by apple and it is ready for sale in the mac store. Though after installing it, it is i...

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 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 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...

We currently build our mac installer as a pkg file using productbuild --component (as per the following post: Mac app store productbuild). This works wonderfully, but I also wish to add a license ...

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 ...

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...

Apple's document on submitting an app to the Mac App store contains this example use of the command productbuild, from in /Developer/usr/bin/. productbuild \ --component build/Release/Sample.app /...