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Installer is an application included in Mac OS X which extracts and installs files out of .pkg packages, created by Apple Computer to help authors in creating uniform software installers.

Installer resides at /Applications/Utilities/Installer.app on Macintosh computers, and launches when a package or metapackage file is opened. The installation process itself can vary substantially, as Installer allows developers to customize the information the user is presented with. For example, it can be made to display a custom welcome message, software license and readme. Installer also handles authentication, checks that packages are valid before installing them, and allows developers to run custom scripts at several points during the installation process.

There is also a command line version located at /usr/sbin/installer.

Icons

Image:Mac OS X Package.png|Package icon. Image:Mac OS X Metapackage.png|Metapackage icon, contains one or more Packages. Image:Mac OS X PackageMaker.png|PackageMaker.app is a tool that makes Packages.

Documentation

for Installer
describing software distribution using Installer

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