Question

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 /

Answer 1

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.