PKG

The top-level pkg key contains set of options instructing electron-builder on how it should build PKG (macOS installer component package).

  • scripts = build/pkg-scripts String | “undefined” - The scripts directory, relative to build (build resources directory). The scripts can be in any language so long as the files are marked executable and have the appropriate shebang indicating the path to the interpreter. Scripts are required to be executable (chmod +x file). See: Scripting in installer packages.

  • installLocation = /Applications String | “undefined” - The install location. Do not use it to create per-user package. Mostly never you will need to change this option. /Applications would install it as expected into /Applications if the local system domain is chosen, or into $HOME/Applications if the home installation is chosen.

  • allowAnywhere = true Boolean | “undefined” - Whether can be installed at the root of any volume, including non-system volumes. Otherwise, it cannot be installed at the root of a volume.

    Corresponds to enable_anywhere.

  • allowCurrentUserHome = true Boolean | “undefined” - Whether can be installed into the current user’s home directory. A home directory installation is done as the current user (not as root), and it cannot write outside of the home directory. If the product cannot be installed in the user’s home directory and be not completely functional from user’s home directory.

    Corresponds to enable_currentUserHome.

  • allowRootDirectory = true Boolean | “undefined” - Whether can be installed into the root directory. Should usually be true unless the product can be installed only to the user’s home directory.

    Corresponds to enable_localSystem.

  • identity String | “undefined” - The name of certificate to use when signing. Consider using environment variables CSC_LINK or CSC_NAME instead of specifying this option.

  • license String | “undefined” - The path to EULA license file. Defaults to license.txt or eula.txt (or uppercase variants). In addition to txt, rtf and html supported (don’t forget to use target="_blank" for links).

  • background PkgBackgroundOptions | “undefined” - Options for the background image for the installer.

  • welcome String | “undefined” - The path to the welcome file. This may be used to customize the text on the Introduction page of the installer.

  • mustClose Array<String> | “undefined” - Identifies applications that must be closed before the package is installed.

    Corresponds to must-close.

  • conclusion String | “undefined” - The path to the conclusion file. This may be used to customize the text on the final “Summary” page of the installer.

  • isRelocatable = true Boolean | “undefined” - Install bundle over previous version if moved by user?

  • isVersionChecked = true Boolean | “undefined” - Don’t install bundle if newer version on disk?

  • hasStrictIdentifier = true Boolean | “undefined” - Require identical bundle identifiers at install path?

  • overwriteAction = upgrade “upgrade” | “update” | “undefined” - Specifies how an existing version of the bundle on disk should be handled when the version in the package is installed.

    If you specify upgrade, the bundle in the package atomi-cally replaces any version on disk; this has the effect of deleting old paths that no longer exist in the new version of the bundle.

    If you specify update, the bundle in the package overwrites the version on disk, and any files not contained in the package will be left intact; this is appropriate when you are delivering an update-only package.

    Another effect of update is that the package bundle will not be installed at all if there is not already a version on disk; this allows a package to deliver an update for an app that the user might have deleted.

Inherited from TargetSpecificOptions: