Creating .pkg

[Scott Webster]

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Lorenzo Pii <pii.lorenzo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi;
> I've just installed macports and I have some questions. I tried and compile
> successfully gnuplot on my mac. Once I've done that I've created a .pkg
> installer. Here's my questions:
>
> - Is there any way of creating a drag and drop app instead of an installing
> one?

I don't think so.

> - I run the .pkg but I cannot find anything on my applications folder. Maybe
> it's just because gnuplot is a command line app so it do not need a proper
> app inside applications folder? Will be any differences with other apps with
> a proper gui, such as gimp, for example?

That's right, just run it from the command line, there is no file in
the Applications folder.  This is the usual behaviour.  For some other
applications there WILL be an icon in the Applications folder, for
instance, gimp-app, but usually you just run from the command line.  I
think it would be pretty easy to make a little script that you can put
in the Applications folder that runs the program if you wanted.

> - What if I want to uninstall gnuplot installed via the .pkg file? I know I
> can use port uninstall gnuplot but what if I want to use the .pkg on a
> machine which has not macport installed? How would I uninstall it?
>

I have no idea since I have never used the pkg stuff.

Scott