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[SteveRiggs]

@d-healey

I'm having a bit of trouble with getting a signed and notarized installer to work on Mac High Sierra.

I've successfully built an un-signed and un-notarized installer, but when I try notarized one I keep getting this error?

I left it for 3 hours last night and then tried another 2 attempts at over an hour each but the circle keeps spinning.

I made sure there are no spaces or capital L's in the file path or project name but still no joy.

Also made my 2 certificates and put them in keychain. Any idea what could be wrong?

These are the 2 certificates I made...

[d.healey]

@SteveRiggs Any spaces in your project path?

[SteveRiggs]

@d-healey Not that I can spot. Are there any other characters in the file path that could be affecting it?

[d.healey]

I can't see anything unusual there. The error your getting is coming from the notarization status check, I wonder if the notarization server was down when you were trying to notarize. You can always check the status here btw - https://developer.apple.com/system-status/

Give it another try, if it doesn't work send me the log file.

[SteveRiggs]

@d-healey Thanks mate. Just checked and it's saying it's available. I'll save the link and try another build now...

[SteveRiggs]

@d-healey Sorry for all the questions...

It failed with the same error again. I'll PM the log file now...

Other than the 2 certificates I made, do I need to make an Identifier App ID as well? Or are there any other things I need that could be stopping it from notarizing if I missed something on the developer site?

[d.healey]

@SteveRiggs If I remember correctly you need to make an app specific password and enter it in the settings page.

[SteveRiggs]

@d-healey I did do that before when I first tried the exporter app. Do I need to do that every time? I think it's saved from the first time

[SteveRiggs]

@d-healey I just made a fresh app specific password and I'm trying an installer build with that. Still getting the same red error though

[SteveRiggs]

@d-healey I may have found the cause... My certificate had no private key attached. Just started over and re added them to keychain so I'll try another build.....

[d.healey]

Just had a look at your log file, think this might be the problem
xcrun: error: unable to find utility "altool", not a developer tool or in PATH

I have no idea what it means, I thought altool was a built in thing. Hopefully some MacOS expert can chip in.

[d.healey]

Oh also this Could not find appropriate signing identity for “Developer ID Installer:

You need to put your full ID the team ID box. So it will be something like YOUR NAME (123456) I think you've only put the number. In the next release these will go in two separate boxes instead of one.

[Lindon]

@d-healey said in Export tool:

Just had a look at your log file, think this might be the problem
xcrun: error: unable to find utility "altool", not a developer tool or in PATH

I have no idea what it means, I thought altool was a built in thing. Hopefully some MacOS expert can chip in.

@SteveRiggs - you have XCode 10 installed right?

[SteveRiggs]

@d-healey Ah! My bad. Ok, so I changed that and added the full team ID name and number now. It was only the number before.

The build is still running and it doesn't have the errors about finding the appropriate signing ID now, but it still has the other error about the altool. I'll leave it running for a while and see if it works, as the /signed.pkg is appearing in the folder now which it wasnt before...

[SteveRiggs]

@Lindon I'm on Xcode 8 at the moment being on High Sierra. I cant upgrade to 10, as far as I know?

Looking into it now....

[SteveRiggs]

@Lindon Yeh, I have 10.13.5 and it needs 10.13.6 to run.

I've tried updating to 10.13.6 a few times now and it never works. It ends up freezing the mac on a black screen and when I get it recovered it then wont power down without holding the power button, unless you go in and do some sudo sorcery. Had to do that a few times now.

[Lindon]

@SteveRiggs you are DEF going to need altool

[SteveRiggs]

@Lindon Eesh. Is that part of Xcode 10 then? Any way to get it working on my current setup that you know of?

[Lindon]

@SteveRiggs should be in earlier versions....try and see if you have it and what PATH contains,

[d.healey]

@SteveRiggs Nope has to be at least Xcode 10. Have a read through the Apple docs - https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution/customizing_the_notarization_workflow

You upload your app for notarization using altool. Xcode 10 or later supports notarization, so if you have more than one version of Xcode installed on your Mac, be sure to use the xcode-select utility to choose the appropriate version: