Using [Packages](http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Packages/about.html), we can build a .pkg file for an existing app (.app). The tool allows us to customise the installation procedure so as to capture the user entered pod url amongst other settings.
Once we have [Packages](http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Packages/about.html) installed, we'll just need to run the following command which should take care of creating the .pkg build for us.
The above command creates the build 'Symphony.pkg' and places it into the directory `installer/mac/build` relative to the project root.
Also note that the packages project file 'symphony-mac-packager.pkgproj' contains link to the plugin bundle and the post install script both of which are relative to 'symphony-mac-packager.pkgproj'.
[More command line documentation here](http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/documentation/Packages/en/Project_Building.html#4)
## Notes
Currently, both the plugin source code and the plugin bundle are in the `installer/mac` directory. This helps us create builds in a quicker way than having to maintain another repo and building the plugin every time we build the pkg.
## Implementation Details
- The plugin captures data entered by the user and copied it to a temp file
- The post installation script then reads data from the temp file and replaces the values in the 'Symphony.config' file in the installed app
## Known Issues
- During installation, there is a section called "Destination Select" which is skipped based on the OS and it's settings. This is a [known bug](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4647416/mac-packagemaker-destination-select-step-a-skipping-boption-permanently-disa).
