Deploying PKGs

[DalekSec]

Hi All,

 

I'm trying to find the best way to deploy PKGs to our mac suite, We use Mosyle as our MDM but to deploy from there you need to either host it externally (tried on a cloud service but you can't for various reasons) or host it internally but you have to find the app name and app version and i haven't been able to on either of the PKGs i'm trying to push, the cmds they say to use don't do anything (Might be my lack of exp with unix). Also tried deploy studio, which looks overly complicated for what i want to do! Plus it didn't discover the other macs on the network, but this might be down to me getting the configuration wrong as i basically just winged it!

 

Trying to push out Sibelius 7 and Office 2016, have PKGs for both.

[bald_pig]

We use ARD here, we have deploystudio but only use it for imaging macs.

[DalekSec]

We use ARD here, we have deploystudio but only use it for imaging macs.

 

Does that work well deploying PKGs? Do you still need to find out the app bundle ID and version number?

 

Trouble i have with Office is there is more than one app in the PKG so when Mosyle asks for the App ID i have no idea which to include and i can't find an overall Office one.

 

Sibelius i think would be simple enough to deploy as i know the ID and Version number, Office i don't have a clue!

[Arthur]

you have to find the app name and app version and I haven't been able to on either of the PKGs I'm trying to push

Which commands did you try? These should work as long as the apps are installed.

 

List package names

pkgutil --pkgs | grep -i Sibelius
pkgutil --pkgs | grep -i Microsoft

 

List package version

pkgutil --pkg-info com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_Word.app
pkgutil --pkg-info com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_Excel.app
pkgutil --pkg-info com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_PowerPoint.app

etc.

 

Do you still need to find out the app bundle ID and version number?

Not with ARD, although the Macs would have to be switched on.

Edited May 14, 2018 by Arthur

[DalekSec]

Which commands did you try? These should work as long as the apps are installed.

 

List package names

pkgutil --pkgs | grep -i Sibelius
pkgutil --pkgs | grep -i Microsoft

 

List package version

pkgutil --pkg-info com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_Word.app
pkgutil --pkg-info com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_Excel.app
pkgutil --pkg-info com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_PowerPoint.app

etc.

 

 

Not with ARD, although the Macs would have to be switched on.

 

 

Ahh my googling didn't pick up those CMDs!! They work a treat thank you!

 

Shame that ARD costs £75 otherwise would be very useful.

 

Last question! If im deploying the Office PKG what do i put in the bundle and app version? As there is more than one app in the PKG

[Arthur]

Last question! If I'm deploying the Office PKG what do I put in the bundle and app version? As there is more than one app in the PKG

What you could try is to download the latest standalone installer PKGs for each Office app from macadmins.software (along with the VL Serializer from VLSC) and then deploy them separately through your MDM.

[bald_pig]

I've never had to put anything in, just drag the pkg in and let it deploy, we include office in our image though so may differ.

[DalekSec]

What you could try is to download the latest standalone installer PKGs for each Office app from macadmins.software (along with the VL Serializer from VLSC) and then deploy them separately through your MDM.

 

Ahhh didn't think about that, saying that i didn't know you could get stand alone PKGs! Many thanks At least this way i can take Outlook out of the mix!

I've never had to put anything in, just drag the pkg in and let it deploy, we include office in our image though so may differ.

 

Sibelius will work nice and easily as it's just the one app, the trouble being office is many apps in one PKG