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I have a requirement to create desktop icon after installation, and I can’t find out how. I am using package maker to create a Mac install package (.pkg) I am aware that it is not the best practice to create shortcuts on desktop, but this an important requirement.
This functionality isn’t built into PackageMaker and usually isn’t seen with any Mac apps. That doesn’t mean you can do this manually by writing a bash script that will run on completion of the installation and copy a file to the desktop. Just include a component and install it to
\tmpthen in the Postinstall script for that packagemvthe file to the$USER‘s desktop.ex.
mv /tmp/icon.sh /Users/$USER/Desktop/icon.sh