[Macpartners] Writing Macintosh Installers

[Rocklyn E. Clarke]

Hello,

Thanks to everyone for your very helpful replies!

I will now devote some time to installer homework.

Rocklyn

On Feb 18, 2009, at 11:08 PM, Stephen Ragalevsky wrote:

> Apple recommends our own installer application and framework.
> Installer is the system software and package installation tool
> included with Mac OS X.
>
> Packages (.pkg or.mpkg) contain a product or product component—the
> package’s payload—to be installed on a computer, and install
> configuration information that determines where and how the product is
> installed.  You've already used packages to install numerous
> applications or software updates, the icon for packages is an open
> yellow and brown box.  As Patrick and Duncan mention there are a few
> tools for creating packages on Mac OS X.
>
> If you're making your first installer package, I would recommend
> picking up the Peachpit Press Deployment book in addition to the
> aforementioned developer documentation:
> 	http://www.peachpit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=032150268X
> There is an excellent chapter on packages and using PackageMaker in
> the book.
>
> Best,
> Steve
> On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:04 PM, Duncan S Kincaid wrote:
>
>> there is also apple's own free 'PackageMaker' (part of XCode Tools)
>> which is much improved over previous versions.
>> dk
>>
>> On Feb 18, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Patrick McNeal wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 18, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Rocklyn E. Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a current standard MacOS installer application recommended
>>>> for use at MIT?
>>>> Is there a clear winner in the marketplace of MacOS installer apps?
>>>
>>> IS&T doesn't publish an installer standard per se, but does strive  
>>> to
>>> follow Apple's installation guidelines.  Namely, using application
>>> bundles for simple applications that can be installed via drag-and-
>>> drop, and packages for applications with more complex requirements.
>>> Using these models also has the benefit of being supported by many
>>> remote management solutions such as Apple Remote Desktop and Casper.
>>>
>>> For more information, I encourage you to checkout this Apple
>>> documentation:
>>>
>>> http://developer.apple.com/tools/installerpolicy.html
>>> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution
>>>
>>> If you end up deciding to use a package based installer, these are
>>> two
>>> popular package creation tools:
>>>
>>> Iceberg
>>> http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Iceberg.html
>>> "An Integrated Packaging Environment (IPE) that allows you to create
>>> packages or metapackages conforming to the Mac OS X specifications."
>>>
>>> Composer
>>> http://www.jamfsoftware.com/products/composer.php
>>> A free part of the Casper Suite that allows for the creation of  
>>> Apple
>>> Packages
>>>
>>> --Patrick
>>>
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>> duncan kincaid
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> Stephen Ragalevsky
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> Apple Inc.
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