[Casper] MPKG's

[Ryan Harter]

I actually just deployed the new Office Converter using Microsoft's  
mpkg.  I didn't use Casper as this was a one machine deal, but it was  
as simple as scp'ing the mpkg over the the machine, then ssh'ing into  
the box and using the installer command.

The installer command has been invaluable, hooray to apple for making  
command line versions of most of their apps.  Just run "sudo installer  
-pkg <path to pkg or mpkg> -target <target drive>", so my command  
becomes 'sudo installer -pkg Open\ XML\ File\ Format\ Converter\  
1.0.mpkg -target /' and everything works great.  You can also add the  
'-verbose' option if you feel safer seeing more output.

A few notes:
  This particular installer will quit all Office apps without  
prompting you when run from the command line, be sure you save  
everything first.
  Parts of the installer that require user intervention (i.e. EULA)  
are skipped, but make sure you run this as sudo if it needs root  
privileges.

This has been working great for me, even wrote a script that will run  
this for any pkg's or mpkg's in the current directory to ease in  
deployment, but if you've got Casper, I would think that it would be  
more streamlined to just use composer and make a dmg package.

Hope that helps,

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu

On Jun 25, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Tim Nicometo wrote:

> Hello all, I feel as if I should know this, but admittedly, I do  
> not...
>
> Is there a good method to follow for deploying MPKG’s?  In  
> particular, the new XML File Format Converter from Microsoft, or any  
> of their other updaters?
>
> Part two of this, is what about installers that have EULA’s, or  
> other parts of an installer interface that require user intervention?
>
> Thanks all...
> -- 
> Tim Nicometo
> Mayo Clinic
> timn at mayo.edu
> (507) 255-3034
>
>
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