Re: [Exist-open] using the eXist-db.app in a local build

[Alister P. <gsp...@gm...>]

Great, thanks for that.
On 12/08/2013, at 6:34 PM, wol...@ex... wrote:

>> I've copied the eXist-db.app (from /Applications/eXist/ )into a built-from-source version of eXist and it works correctly. Is this a safe approach? Is there another way to create the App without building and running an Installer?
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> You can copy the eXist-db.app directory from installer/scripts and edit eXist-db.app/Contents/Info.plist: replace @vmoptions@ with an empty string and @classpath@/start.jar with $APP_PACKAGE/../start.jar.
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> It is also possible to package the entire eXist into a .app and generate an installable .dmg. Just call build.sh -f build/scripts/macosx.xml dmg, which creates an .app and a .dmg in build/dist. To install, drag and drop the .app to the apps folder. It should work out of the box.
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> We planned to make 2.1 available this way, but after struggling with Apple's app signing procedure, we gave up for now ;-) One can still install the .dmg after allowing apps from outside the app store in the system configuration.
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> Wolfgang