Missing shell extension... or something...

cornbb

This could go in the Mac forum but I'm sure I'd get more help here

As I'm sure ye know OS X is based on a Linux kernel. I'm a Mac developer (only just learning, mind) and I'm doing a lot of command-line based stuff. Apple's PackageMaker is supposed to be accessible from the command line but it doesn't seem to be installed here... It has a manual entry alright but thats about it.

Can anyone tell me how to go about installing its shell extension or whatevermajiggy? Thanks!

Cake Fiend

cornbb wrote:

As I'm sure ye know OS X is based on a Linux kernel

Nope, BSD kernel. Can you run the package manager from the GUI OK? Check where the icon points to - it's possible that whatever it runs isn't in your path when you use the CLI.

It's also possible (probable, I would have thought) that you can't run the package manager as a regular user - the GUI link probably gets you to enter your root password (or uses something similar to 'sudo').

cornbb

Oh, ok. Yep, it runs fine in the GUI - the icon points to the PackageMaker.app application in /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Developer/Applications/Utilities

The GUI link lets me run as a regular user so I don't think thats it. Humm, I'll keep trying

joe_chicken

??

/Developer/Applications/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/PackageMaker

That any good?

cornbb

Thats where the application is alright... but launching it from there just opens PackageMaker with its usual GUI. I need to be able to run it completely from the command line as I need to manipulate packages using shell scripts. The man page for packagemaker looks something like this:

PackageMaker(1)           BSD General Commands Manual          PackageMaker(1)

NAME
     PackageMaker, packagemaker -- Installation-package creation tool

SYNOPSIS
     PackageMaker -build -p destination-path -f root-path [-b build-dir] [-s]
                  [-ds] [-v] [-u] [-r resources-path] [-i info-file]
                  [-d description-file]

     PackageMaker -build -mi | -ms | -mc pkg-dir -p destination-path [-v]
                  [-r resources-path] [-i info-file] [-d description-file]

     PackageMaker -build -proj project-path -p destination-path [-v]

     PackageMaker -build -snapshot snapshot-path [-b build-dir] [-s] [-ds]
                  [-v] [-u] [-r resources-path] [-i info-file]
                  [-d description-file] [-v]

     PackageMaker --snapshot root-path destination-path

     PackageMaker -help

DESCRIPTION
     PackageMaker allows you to package files in a way that makes it easy for
     end users to install them on their computers.
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joe_chicken

What happens when you run it with all the args?:

PackageMaker -build -p destination-path -f root-path [-b build-dir] [-s]
         [-ds] [-v] [-u] [-r resources-path] [-i info-file] [-d description-file]

cornbb

Ah! Ok, we're getting somewhere now. Still not running perfectly but I just have to figure out which args to use and what to do with em. Cheers...