Partial installation support

[iradization]

Hi, I'd like to support a package file that installs multiple applications - in the preinstall, the script will read a configuration file that contain a mask that represent which app/apps to install.

Is there an option to support it in Packages ?

[packagesdev]

There's nothing to reliably supports that kind of thing.

Can't you just let the users select which application(s) they want to install through the Custom install mode?

[iradization]

Hi and thanks for you reply.

Custom install mode is great, but what happen if I run the installer from terminal (using /usr/sbin/installer) which is rather common when pushing applications from MDM.

Is there a way to control what will be installed in this case ?

[packagesdev]

Check the -showChoicesXML, -showChoiceChangesXML, -applyChoiceChangesXML options of installer(8).