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ffConundrums
ffConundrums

Reputation: 865

Creating a mac app which calls a shell script, but developing in ubuntu

I have a shell script, and a tarball. The shell script unpacks the tarball, and makes use of the files inside of for performing a task. I need to make this accessible on mac laptops, but in such a way that there is either a .app or .dmg file that when clicked, ultimately calls that shell script. I found several utilities, that can do this (create such an .app file), such as Platypus, or Appify. However, these require Mac to build the file. The thing is, I must package the .app/.dmg file, in an Ubuntu environment.

Is there any good software for creating a dmg or app file which call a shell script when clicked, but such that the software which can be run in Ubuntu (just for the purpose of creating the file)?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 343

Answers (1)

Joakim Danielson
Joakim Danielson

Reputation: 51892

This is not an exact answer to your question but an workaround that might be acceptable if you can't find a better solution.

First, a zip file will automatically extract its content if you double click it in OS X so

tar -cvzf your_filename.zip ...

would create a file that can be easily extracted.

Secondly, if you create a shell script that has the extension .command, but otherwise is like any shell script, it can be run from OS X by double clicking on it (by opening a terminal and executing it there), it would mean an extra manual step for the user but like I said, this is a workaround :) If you create a .command file, remember to make it executable.

Upvotes: 1

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