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.koe...@theqtcompany.com> wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: interest-bounces+kai.koehne=theqtcompany....@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 > _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
