osx-pkg

Create OSX flat packages (.pkg) with pure JS.

var createPackage = require('osx-pkg')
var fs = require('fs')
 
var opts = {
  dir: './root' // the contents of this dir will be installed in installLocation
  installLocation: '/Applications'
  identifier: 'org.myorg.myapp.pkg',
  title: 'MyApp'
}
 
createPackage(opts)
 .pipe(fs.createWriteStream('Installer.pkg'))

The packaging is not done in a complete streaming fashion, but a temporary folder will be used.

Options

• dir Path to a directory whose contents are going to be installed in installLocation

• identifier Identifier for your package, e.g. org.myorg.myapp.pkg

• title The Title of your package

• installLocation (defaults to /)

• tmpDir The unpackaged pkg will be created here (defaults to a newly created directory in the tmp dir)

CLI

This modules ships with a CLI:

osx-pkg <inputdir>
Packages <inputdir> as an osx flat package to stdout
    options
    --identifier Identifier for your package
    --title Title of your package
    --location Install location (default "/")

Modules

You can also create your pkg files by using the components of this modules. Here are 3 modules that are essential for creating an OSX flat package.

cpiofs

Pack the Payload in the cpio format.

mkbom

Create the Bill of Materials files for the contents

xar

Flatten the package with xar.