Hi Tiemo,
Hello,
coming from the windows world, I am not really aware, what a
"standard"
setup on a Mac has to do. I know, there are tools like PackageMaker,
but I
would like to know, what a Mac User usually expects, when he inserts
a CD -
and what of that PackerMacker would provide and what not. What does a
installer like PackageMaker do anything else, than just copying the
whole CD
on HD? How does a Mac User deinstalls his progs, I havn't seen yet a
deinstall of any prog?
Perhaps someone could point me to a link to the necessaries of a Mac
install
/deinstall.
Thanks for any hint
the average Mac user exspects a ZIP file or a DMG file with just the
application bundle in it,
then she/he will copy this app into the "Applications" folder all by
himself :-)
That's the meaning of an application bundle, which is indeed a folder:
Everything that is necessary for the app to run, like images, videos,
audio files etc.
resides INSIDE of this folder, so it appears just like one (big) file
to the user.
Same for "de-installing", she/he will just put the application bundle
to the trash, that's it.
If you really have to install lots of files somewhere on the users
hard-disk or even into the system folder,
then a dedicated "installer" application might be necessary.
In that case you should take a look at the Apple Developer tools, that
also include an installer:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/
You will have to create a free account and then you can load the free
developer tools there.
Watch out, that's about 1 GB ;-)
Tiemo
Best
Klaus
--
Klaus Major
[email protected]
http://www.major-k.de
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