[Casper] GarageBand Loops..

[clinton.blackmore]

I believe this will work for you; I'm not in a position to do a proper test.

Go to software update on a machine with Casper Admin on it that does not have the Garageband update installed.  Go to software update, be sure that the Garage Band Instruments And Apple Loops is the only item with a check mark in front of it, and, from the menu, choose Update -> Download only.

When it is done, you will have a "~/Downloads/GarageBand Instruments and Apple Loops" folder, which in turn contains a "Packages" folder.  This one only has one package (the iTunes update, for comparison, has four packages).  You should be able to simply drag the "GarageBandExtraContent.pkg" file into Casper Admin and deploy it.

I'd be interested to know if it works.  I have deployed packages straight from other sources (esp. printer installers), and it usually works without a hitch -- the only problem you run into is when you have a special .pkg file that doesn't contain the files, but points to them.  Such a .pkg is usually fairly small (<150 Kb), and you are most likely to run into it on an OS install disk. This garageband extra content package is 1.12 Gb, so there is every reason to think it'll work.

The advantage of this over building a package is that it will have the correct pre- and post-install scripts with it.

Cheers,
Clinton Blackmore



On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:10:45 -0400, "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us> wrote:
> I'd like to allow users to install GarageBand's Additional Instruments and
> Loops '08.  I can't seem to create a Self Service policy for
> GarageBandExtraContent.pkg for users without resorting to utilizing SUS. 
> There appears to be preflight and postflight install Perl scripts within
> the package that are not updating the GB registry.  Has anyone had any
> luck with either getting this to work or recreating the package and
> updating the GB registry?
> 
> 
> John McLaughlin
> Technical Support Specialist
> Newton Public Schools
> 
> 
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