Apple suggests that prior to submitting to the Mac application store, the installation process for Macs be tested using the command
sudo installer -store -pkg path-to-package -target /
I saved the application package to the desktop and then in the terminal I sent the command
sudo installer -store -pkg /User/MyName/Desktop/helloWorld.pkg -target /
From the above command I get this
installer: invalid option -
Usage: installer [-help] [-dominfo] [-volinfo] [-pkginfo] [-allow] [-dumplog]
[-verbose | -verboseR] [-vers] [-config] [-plist]
[-file <pathToFile>] [-lang <ISOLanguageCode>] [-listiso]
[-showChoicesXML] [-applyChoiceChangesXML <pathToFile>]
[-showChoicesAfterApplyingChangesXML <pathtoFile>]
-pkg <pathToPackage>
-target <[DomainKey|MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode|UUID]>
I am very new to the Terminal. What does this mean and how do I fix it so that I can install the application as suggested by Apple?
This question is related to
cocoa
macos
terminal
installation
package
Probably not exactly your issue..
Do you have any spaces in your package path? You should wrap it up in double quotes to be safe, otherwise it can be taken as two separate arguments
sudo installer -store -pkg "/User/MyName/Desktop/helloWorld.pkg" -target /
To disable inputting password:
sudo visudo
Then add a new line like below and save then:
# The user can run installer as root without inputting password
yourusername ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/installer
Then you run installer without password:
sudo installer -pkg ...
Source: Stackoverflow.com