PackageMaker and external files

Stick with the approach you're using, but make a few modifications: Don't bundle the database inside the installer, but instead use a post-install script that copies the database (which, in an ideal scenario, is located on the same disk image as the installer, but lives outside the installer) to the right location - make sure you've got the paths set right. You may need to do something like /Volumes/DiskImage/db/database.sqlite for your path, so it works the way it's supposed to unless the disk image gets renamed.

 

postinstall, postflight, etc. are given a few parameters which you may be able to use so that you don't have to make assumptions about the location of the package.

You could parse this one to determine the source of your database file relative to the package:

Source (includes documentation on other params as well: http://developer.apple.com/mac/libr...on/Install_Operations/Install_Operations.html