Using the makeinstaller program

Once the specfile is written, run the makeinstaller program to generate the output .package file. Remember run this from the root of your source tree, so not in the autopackage/ directory itself.

With no parameters, makeinstaller will use the file named autopackage/default.apspec , and output the resulting package in the directory it was run from. To override this choice (because there are perhaps several possible packages to build) specify the names on the command line: for instance to build both "default" and "debug", try: makeinstaller default debug .

makeinstaller can operate in one of several modes. In the default mode it will output a self contained .package file that can be run by the user to install the software. In "split" mode it will produce two files, that end in .package.meta and .package.payload respectively, that can be placed on a web server and can be used for dependency resolution. In "both" mode it will produce a standard .package file AND the meta/payload files as well.