Develper Tools

[thegooch49]

Hello, has anyone been able to successfully install XCode 3.0 via instadmg? They are package installers, but they are pretty complicated (lots of pre-flight, post-flight, etc). They also require that I am booted off of the target drive, which is obviously not the case on instaDMG.

I have used logGen and pkgGen to create my own package, but I fear that this is not perfect. I would rather use Apple’s stock installers if possible. Someone suggested opening the package w/ an editor, and remove the volumecheck() method so it doesn’t require the boot volume.

If anyone has done this successfully, let me know.

-Jeff

[simbimbo]

I am also looking for an answer to this question.

[thegooch49]

Hello, I used logGen and pkgGen, and created my own package for these. It works fine to my knowledge, I haven’t had any problems yet. If you need some guidance, there is a link below that will help.

http://blog.irisink.com/?p=106

[simbimbo]

I added this line right below the initial installer line and it seems to work??

/usr/sbin/installer -verbose -pkg “$CURRENT_OS_INSTALL_MOUNT/Optional Installs/Xcode Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg” -target $CURRENT_IMAGE_MOUNT -lang en >> $LOG_FILE

[thegooch49]

Hi, great tip! I actually made another function for the developer tools. The line you posted works fine if you are running this off of a retail DVD. It wouldn’t work with the 2 disk system restore disks. This function quickly checks which type of install is running, and installs it off of the DVD if it’s retail, and disk 2 if it’s system restore disks.

[code]# Install the Developer Tools
# If disk 2 is mounted, it will install off of that.
# If it’s running off of the Retail DVD, it will nstall from there.
install_DevTools() {
/bin/echo $CREATE_DATE >> $LOG_FILE
/bin/echo $CREATE_DATE >> $PKG_LOG
/bin/echo “Beginning Installation of Developer Tools” >> $LOG_FILE
/bin/echo “Beginning Installation of Developer Tools” >> $PKG_LOG
if [ -d /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ Disc\ 2/Xcode\ Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg ]
then
/usr/sbin/installer -verbose -pkg “/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 2/Xcode Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg” -target $CURRENT_IMAGE_MOUNT -lang en >> $LOG_FILE
else
/usr/sbin/installer -verbose -pkg “$CURRENT_OS_INSTALL_MOUNT/Optional Installs/Xcode Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg” -target $CURRENT_IMAGE_MOUNT -lang en >> $LOG_FILE
fi
}
[/code]

I then added install_DevTools after install_system where the functions are called. This worked great for me.

[johnemac]

Thanks for the handler. I found that I had to remove XcodeTools.mpkg from the path in order for it to install the tools.

Was
if [ -d /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ Disc\ 2/Xcode\ Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg ]

Changed to
if [ -d /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ Disc\ 2/Xcode\ Tools/ ]

[thegooch49]

I made a slight modification after finding that my if statement wasn’t working. The code below does the trick.

[code]
# Install the Developer Tools
# If disk 2 is mounted, it will install off of that.
# If it’s running off of the Retail DVD, it will nstall from there.
install_DevTools() {
/bin/echo $CREATE_DATE >> $LOG_FILE
/bin/echo $CREATE_DATE >> $PKG_LOG
/bin/echo “Beginning Installation of Developer Tools” >> $LOG_FILE
/bin/echo “Beginning Installation of Developer Tools” >> $PKG_LOG
if [ -d /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ Disc\ 2/Xcode\ Tools/]
then
/usr/sbin/installer -verbose -pkg “/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 2/Xcode Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg” -target $CURRENT_IMAGE_MOUNT -lang en >> $LOG_FILE
else
/usr/sbin/installer -verbose -pkg “$CURRENT_OS_INSTALL_MOUNT/Optional Installs/Xcode Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg” -target $CURRENT_IMAGE_MOUNT -lang en >> $LOG_FILE
fi
}
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[ewhite]

gooch: Thanks for the tip, I’m trying this right now!

[ewhite]

I was able to get this to work only when I got rid of the if statement. Who knows…

[code]# Install the Developer Tools
# If disk 2 is mounted, it will install off of that.
# If it’s running off of the Retail DVD, it will nstall from there.
install_DevTools() {
/bin/echo $CREATE_DATE >> $LOG_FILE
/bin/echo $CREATE_DATE >> $PKG_LOG
/bin/echo “Beginning Installation of Developer Tools” >> $LOG_FILE
/bin/echo “Beginning Installation of Developer Tools” >> $PKG_LOG
/usr/sbin/installer -verbose -pkg “$CURRENT_OS_INSTALL_MOUNT/Optional Installs/Xcode Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg” -target $CURRENT_IMAGE_MOUNT -lang en >> $LOG_FILE
}
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[jeffrey.c]

ewhite,

Make sure your closing bracket in your “if” statement has a space before it.

I copied and pasted from this forum and had problems too.

CORRECT =

if [ -d /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ Disc\ 2/Xcode\ Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg ]

INCORRECT =

if [ -d /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ Disc\ 2/Xcode\ Tools/XcodeTools.mpkg/]

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