Distribuiting packages

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 1, 2009, at 14:47, DaNiMoTh wrote:

> I have written an application with python and some others things, but
> to have these installed on a mac is using macports. There is a way to
> include these dependencies in only one .dmg file ?
>
> I need to learn how make it from basics. Could you give me some links,
> and how I can use the macports packages as dependencies? ( and
> distribuite it, clearly )

You can use

sudo port mdmg your_software

where "your_software" is a port that installs your software.

Notes:

1. You should do this in a custom MacPorts install that uses a  
different prefix than /opt/local. Otherwise anyone who uses your  
package AND MacPorts will run into problems as your package would  
overwrite things in the standard MacPorts prefix, or at least install  
into it, which should not be done.

2. I believe your port and all the dependencies need to be *not*  
installed at the time you run "sudo port mdmg". Let "sudo port mdmg"  
build the ports itself. I believe I have seen messages on the list  
about this being the case, but I haven't tried it myself.