.app file not installing in Applications folder

Hi. I have created a package installer using Xcode's PackageMaker. I want to install a .app file into the applications folder, but when i am running installer package, it's showing that the software is installed succesfully. When i checked the applications folder, the application i m installing is not there. Can anybody help me to solve this?

I'm also having this problem with Package Maker (3.0.4, in Mac OS X 10.6) but I think I've discovered the solution.
First, when you test the installer, open the "Installer Log" window (select "Installer Log" from the Window menu, or press command+L). Then, proceed with the installation as normal, and check the Installation Log window once you reach the end of the installer. You should see a message in the logs which is something like:
Dec 16 15:48:57 yourhostname installd[16558]: correct/path/Applications/YourApp.app relocated to incorrect/path/Applications/YourApp.app
In my case the relocated path was actually build/Debug/MyApp.app inside my Xcode project directory.
The cause for this is, I think, a slightly hidden option in Package Maker. Under the Components tab in Package Maker (with your app selected in the left-hand "Contents" pane), select your app from the list of components, and click the "Relocation..." button in the bottom-right of the window.
This should open up a modal dialog with a list of options titled "Finding Component to Upgrade". The default option Package Maker seems to insert is "Combination search for <your app's identifier>". Under the configuration for this option, there is the description "Will succeed if an application is found at the specified path, by LaunchServices or by doing an exhaustive search".
From what I can tell, these options configure the installer to search the system for an existing version of the app to upgrade. If an existing version is found, the installer tries to replace it, in the location the existing app is in, rather than installing the app in the location you may have configured in Package Maker.
The search uses the application identifier string (eg "com.yourcompany.yourapp"), so it may find any version of your app just about anywhere on your system. In my case, I think, the installer is actually finding the copy of my app in my Xcode project's build directory, and trying to upgrade/replace that version.
The solution may be:
a) clean out all your build directories, and remove any other versions of the app you may have on your system, after you've built your installer with Package Maker and before you actually test the installer (you'll need a copy of your app to build the installer). If I do this with my build directories, the app is installed to the expected location.
b) change the "Relocation..." options for your components in Package Maker to not use Combination Search or Exhaustive Search. Instead use one of the other options, such as "Check Specific Path" (only upgrade existing versions if they're in an expected location like /Applications/yourapp.app). Exhaustive Search may be suitable if you include and exclude specific directories.
Read through the different options available and decide what's best for your app. You may like to use different options during development, as upgrading existing versions may be useful functionality for the end user of your app.

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