About installers...

[alepan]

Hi folks, silly question for most of you (but not for me, first timer here...)
I need to create an installer for an FX plugin on OSX, but something is not clear to me: apart from the vst/component files, what other files do I need to include in the installer, where are they placed on the HD and how can I include them? What is the easiest install creator software?
No samples are needed, only presets.

Thank you for your support :)

[Lindon]

@alepan said in About installers...:

Hi folks, silly question for most of you (but not for me, first timer here...)
I need to create an installer for an FX plugin on OSX, but something is not clear to me: apart from the vst/component files, what other files do I need to include in the installer, where are they placed on the HD and how can I include them? What is the easiest install creator software?
No samples are needed, only presets.

Thank you for your support :)

• just your .vst, .vst3 or .component file
• they are usually placed in Library/Audio/Plugins/...plugin type..
• Easiest I've found is Whitebox Pacakager

[alepan]

@Lindon Thanks a lot!

[DanH]

@Lindon Is there a good tutorial for Whitebox Packages? Struggling to understand how to write to the "hidden" ~/Library/ folder as well as not simply overwrite everything in the path but rather add to it.

Can't find any resources online

[Dan Korneff]

@DanH I found that you can't write to the System Library and User Library at the same time. You have to install everything to the System library first, then use a post-script to move the data to the User Library. I posted my script in another thread somewhere.

[DanH]

@dustbro oh wicked, will dig it out and post again here, thanks!

Here is it:

https://forum.hise.audio/topic/2199/mac-installer-issue-that-effects-i-think-all-of-us/23