Cannot find Mac app in applications folder
cocoa, installation, macos, terminal
Solution
I looked at the log and said the application was moved from the Applications folder to the project build folder. How do I prevent it from doing that?
Gaze up at the sky, shake your fist, and yell “DAMN YOU RELOCAAATIOONN!”
Then turn that off in PackageMaker.
Problem
I installed an app I wrote using the terminal with the command. ``` sudo installer -store -pkg "/Users/MyName/Desktop/HelloWorld.pkg" -target / ``` It appears to have worked but I cannot find the app anywhere in the Applications folder. The terminal spits out this ``` installer: Installation Check: Passed installer: Volume Check: Passed installer: Starting install installer: Install 0.0% complete 2010-12-08 00:45:26.272 installer[18658:2303] PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Flip4Mac QuickTime Components.pkg 2010-12-08 00:45:26.275 installer[18658:2303] PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Flip4Mac Web Plugins.pkg installer: Install 9.1% complete installer: Install 16.7% complete installer: Install 23.1% complete installer: Install 28.6% complete installer: Install 33.3% complete installer: Install 37.5% complete installer: Install 41.2% complete installer: Install 100.0% complete installer: Finished install ``` Also why is the terminal telling me about an application that is unrelated to the application that I am installing? Any suggestions? Thanks. EDIT I fixed the problem by clicking on the installer package. I then opened the log and viewed all messages. I then look for the install path and proceeded to the directory pointed by the path. I deleted everything in the directory. I ran the installer again and the application is installed in the applications folder. EDIT2 I found this command useful. It basically tells you where the app is being installed on your machine. ``` sudo installer -verbose -dumplog -store -pkg "HelloWorld.pkg" -target / ```