I've created installers for OSX before without trouble but for some reason after upgrading to Leopard I cannot seem to build a functioning installer. Everything seems to go correctly but when I go looking for the newly installed file it isn't there. Strangely hard drive space is being eaten up. Furthermore the "Hidden" option for the install file is NOT checked. That is in addition to the fact that I went into Bash and configured my Mac to show all hidden files. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Package Maker Issue
Miscellaneous Forums/General Discussion/Package Maker Issue When you say an installer, what exactly do you mean? An installer in the Windows sense of the word isn't usually necessary on OS X. Basically, you can just wrap your application file up in a DMG, and the user can just mount the DMG, and drag the app to their Applications folder (or wherever else they'd prefer).
If you use Package Maker under the Developer/Tools/Utilities it creates an installer very much like a Windows installer.
Anyway, by using some of the scripts that can be appended in Package Maker it looks like it's installing in the wrong spot maybe. The behavior is really erratic. I figured out what was eating up hard drive space though was the trash bin getting filled up with new copies of my installer. When you overwrite something with Package Maker it sends the old one to the trash instead of overwriting it and ridding you of the old stuff forever.
Anyway, by using some of the scripts that can be appended in Package Maker it looks like it's installing in the wrong spot maybe. The behavior is really erratic. I figured out what was eating up hard drive space though was the trash bin getting filled up with new copies of my installer. When you overwrite something with Package Maker it sends the old one to the trash instead of overwriting it and ridding you of the old stuff forever.
Interesting. I've never looked into that tool, since it's unnecessary on the Mac if you write your apps so that they are self-contained. Mac users are used to the DMG method, and don't expect an installer like that.
Actually, when I see an app on the Mac that requires an installer, I usually avoid it because I wonder what they're trying to hide or if they're going to pollute my system like a Windows system. I don't know if it's just me, or if other people have that same reaction.
Actually, when I see an app on the Mac that requires an installer, I usually avoid it because I wonder what they're trying to hide or if they're going to pollute my system like a Windows system. I don't know if it's just me, or if other people have that same reaction.