[RESOLVED] Minimum files to distribute and how to set application icon

[pasquale]

I'm very sorry but I have no experience with code like that. Where should I write it?

To clarify what I'm trying to explain, please find attached a screenshot showing the file I would like to get rid of.

Do you confirm that its presence is needed by any bundles created by Lazarus? And is it the file that your code would move into the bundle?

Thanks a lot.

[Phil]

I'm very sorry but I have no experience with code like that. Where should I write it?

That's from a terminal command line.

To do with Finder, right-click your app and choose Show Package Contents. Then navigate to where the symlink is (it will have the little symlink arrow). Delete the symlink. Copy the actual executable into the same place. Now it should be self-sufficient.

Thanks.

-Phil

[pasquale]

I'll try and let you know. You've been very helpful.

Thanks.

[jwdietrich]

I'm very sorry but I have no experience with code like that. Where should I write it?

This is Unix shell code. You can use it within the Terminal app.

A simpler alternative is the finder way to replace the alias with the binary (therefore embedding or "hiding" it in the bundle).

It consists in two steps:

1. Open the bundle's contents with a context menu (by right klicking or ctrl klicking) using the entry "Show Package Contents".

2. Replace the alias in Contents/MacOS/ (within the bundle) with the original binary file outside the bundle.

See attached screen shots for additional information.

[pasquale]

Great. Now it's all clear. I'm beginning to understand how it works and, considering I only bought my iMac last Saturday (and I had never touched one in my life), I feel "gratified".

Thank you very much indeed.

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By the way, I forgot to tell you that the procedure described by jwdietrich to replace the alias with the binary worked perfectly.

[jwdietrich]

By the way, I forgot to tell you that the procedure described by jwdietrich to replace the alias with the binary worked perfectly.

Great, I am glad to read this.