Creating a pkg installer for ArchiCAD using Composer

andymason
New Contributor III

935d8396461868b5d688d10d4ffdab2e-sticker.pngHi, I'm Andy.

I finally figured out how to do this.

So if there are other Archicad Users out there... enjoy! Just thought I would share this since I couldn't find any posts on how to do it.

 

I will be using Composer & Archicad 25 Full Installer 4013 for Mac.

/Users/Shared/ARCHICAD\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --mode unattended

    • Paste it below these lines. Remove anything else.

#!/bin/sh

## postinstall

    • Save
  • Rename your Source as Archicad 25 - Base Install 4013
  • Click Build as PKG. After a few minutes you will have a pkg that will install Archicad.

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@wildfrog You can also do this for updating ArchiCAD. Basically just dropping the update file into the same /Users/Shared  folder.

But modifying the post install script to say

/Users/Shared/ARCHICAD-25-USA-Update-5005-1.0-INTEL.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --mode unattended

 

 

Hope this helps!!!

 

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AVmcclint
Honored Contributor

Looks good. However, I have one piece of advice for ya. You don't need to drag the whole /Users/Shared/ folder into Composer and then delete the unwanted stuff. If you just drag the installer from the Shared folder into Composer, Composer will automatically follow the full path without all the other stuff you may have in there. 

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AVmcclint
Honored Contributor

Looks good. However, I have one piece of advice for ya. You don't need to drag the whole /Users/Shared/ folder into Composer and then delete the unwanted stuff. If you just drag the installer from the Shared folder into Composer, Composer will automatically follow the full path without all the other stuff you may have in there. 

wildfrog
Contributor II

@andymason You totally rock! I'll definitely have to test. I so wish Graphisoft would make a standard PKG installer.

wildfrog
Contributor II

@andymason IIRC, the full installer wants a restart when done. Does the unattended flag in the postinstall script mitigate this?

wildfrog
Contributor II

@andymason Have you made this install available in Self Service? In my initial test, the package installer worked fine but seemed to take quite a bit longer than I'm used to with the Installbuilder app install. By the time SS downloads the pkg and goes through the install, I feel like I'd need to proactively warn the users that it's going to take a while so they don't get impatient & kill it.

andymason
New Contributor III

Yeah it does take some time in SS. But I just put the file size in the description and title. Also just try to explain it has to download and then install. And that people should do it while they are at lunch.