installer help

**Chase817** · 03-15-2008, 09:13 PM

since no one answered my last thread, what is the basic install script to put an application in the /Appliction directory? i was using this one:

HTML Code:

<key>install</key>
				<array>
					<array>
						<string>CopyPath</string>
						<string>MyTestApplication.app</string>
						<string>/Applications</string>
					</array>
				</array>

but it didnt seem to work.
also, my package is in a .zip file, do i need another script to unzip it?
if you could help me with this it would help me out a lot

thanx,
Chase817

**jakecigar** · 03-15-2008, 09:50 PM

<array>
<string>CopyPath</string>
<string>MyTestApplication.app</string>
<string>/Applications/MyTestApplication.app</string>
</array>

**Chase817** · 03-15-2008, 09:52 PM

ok, let me test that out... 1 sec

**jakecigar** · 03-15-2008, 09:55 PM

Code:

<array>
	<string>CopyPath</string>
	<string>MyTestApplication.app</string>
	<string>/Applications/MyTestApplication.app</string>
</array>

I can't get the < > right in the post... I hope you get the idea!

**Chase817** · 03-15-2008, 10:00 PM

ya i get it, but if you want the < >'s to show up, use the HTML code box.
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when i try it now it says "package download failed"(same as before) do i need to use an unzip script?

**jakecigar** · 03-15-2008, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by Chase817

ya i get it, but if you want the < >'s to show up, use the HTML code box.
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when i try it now it says "package download failed"(same as before) do i need to use an unzip script?

installer does all the unzipping for you.
that code assumes the name of the zip file is correct and has a directory structure in it!

HTML Code:

<h1> AHA! </h1>

**Chase817** · 03-15-2008, 10:09 PM

wait, so theres a special structure inside of the app? i just built it like normal

**jakecigar** · 03-15-2008, 10:16 PM

normal macintosh archive works! but you have to have chmod command in the repo xml to make the code run.

get me on IM!

Here's an old one of mine.

HTML Code:

		<dict>
			<key>bundleIdentifier</key>
			<string>com.jakecigar.Swapper</string>
			<key>RestartSpringBoard</key>
			<true/>
			<key>name</key>
			<string>Swapper</string>
			<key>version</key>
			<string>0.5</string>
			<key>size</key>
			<string>100493</string>
			<key>date</key>
			<string>1199044330</string>
			<key>description</key>
			<string>Swap For 2 M68AP.plist files</string>
			<key>location</key>
			<string>http://xxxx.org/repo/Swapper.app.zip</string>
			<key>url</key>
			<string>http://xxxx.org/repo/Swapper</string>
			<key>scripts</key>
			<dict>
				<key>install</key>
				<array>
					<array>
						<string>RemovePath</string>
						<string>/Applications/Swapper.app</string>
					</array>
					<array>
						<string>CopyPath</string>
						<string>Swapper.app</string>
						<string>/Applications/Swapper.app</string>
					</array>
					<array>
						<string>Exec</string>
						<string>/bin/chmod 755 /Applications/Swapper.app/Swapper</string>
					</array>
				</array>
				<key>uninstall</key>
				<array>
					<array>
						<string>RemovePath</string>
						<string>/Applications/Swapper.app</string>
					</array>
				</array>
			</dict>
			<key>category</key>
			<string>Shell Apps</string>
		</dict>

**Chase817** · 03-15-2008, 11:06 PM

i did everything i could and it still gave me the package download error

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