Building custom installer

Question

I need to build a installer for my application which has below components/tasks -

Main .app file
Helper .app file
Supporting folders
.plist file which needs to be copied to /Library/LaunchAgents
load the plist file using "launchctl load"

As we see from the above components, 1. files needs to be extracted to /Applications/ABC 2. Execute a perl command file as administrator

As step2 above involved admin activities, installer should prompt admin/local username and password. Based on this, we need to proceed with next steps.

Can someone please suggest - 1. Installer tool (Preferably FREE) for the above scenario 2. Installer should prompt login/pwd while executing command file

I was looking at some links where it says PackageMaker is deprecated/will be deprecated soon. Are there any other options? — Ramaprasad Upadhyaya, Apr 08 '14 at 06:40
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/productbuild.1.html — Shanti K, Apr 08 '14 at 06:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

0

You can use pkgbuild and productbuild commands to build the installer. Check this very detailed answer here

The official documentation for these commands are here pkgbuild and productbuild

There is another pkg creating app available: iceberg

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

Community

1
1

answered Apr 08 '14 at 10:02

Shanti K

2,873
1
16
31

Building custom installer

1 Answers1