[Interest] Qt Installer Framework 2.0.0 [ OS X ] - How to install my.app to /Applications folder ?

[Eddie Sutton]

Thanks Kai,

>Well, the 'native' way is to not use an installer on OS X, but just ship a .dmg with your .app bundle (or use the Mac App store).

Can a Qt Installer Framework Installer be used to deploy to the Mac App Store assuming signing and everything else is met?

If I eventually want to deploy to the Mac App Store,  am I better off investing my time in a pure Apple developer installer?

-Ed


> On Apr 8, 2015, at 2:11 AM, Koehne Kai <Kai.Koehne at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: interest-bounces+kai.koehne=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org
>> Subject: [Interest] Qt Installer Framework 2.0.0 [ OS X ] - How to install
>> my.app to /Applications folder ?
>> 
>> I want to deploy my,app to the /Applications folder.  This is the  standard
>> method of deploying an OS X applications.
>> 
>> If I set the config.xml to <TargetDir>@ApplicationsDir@</TargetDir>
>> 
>> the user receives error message warning “You have selected an existing,
>> non-empty folder for installation”.
>> 
>> Qt Installer Framework seems to require that I create a "/Applications/my/“
>> folder in which to deploy my.app ?
> 
> Yes. The problem here is that the Maintenance tool isn't part of your .app bundle, but it needs to be placed alongside your application.
> 
>> Is there a more OS X way of creating an installer?
> 
> Well, the 'native' way is to not use an installer on OS X, but just ship a .dmg with your .app bundle (or use the Mac App store).
> 
> Regards
> 
> Kai
>