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Installing Packages

This document shows how to install Packages from the disk image you've downloaded or fetched via other means.

Packages being a tool to build raw packages and distributions, it shall not be a surprise that its installer is a distribution built by itself.

System Requirements

Intel or PowerPC based Mac
Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Installing Packages requires administrative privileges. if you're not the administrator of the machine, contact him/her.

Installing Packages on a single computer

To manually install Packages on a Mac, follow these instructions:

1 Double-click the Packages.dmg disk image file to mount it on the desktop.

2 Double-click the Packages volume.

3 Double-click the Install Packages distribution to start the installation.

Follow the instructions displayed by the Installer application.

Note: When the files are going to be installed, Installer will look for the location of a previous version of Packages. If no previous versions are found, the Packages application will be installed in the /Applications folder.

Installing Packages on a remote computer

Packages being delivered as a distribution, it is possible to install it on a remote computer. Depending on the version of Mac OS X you're running, there are two possible methods for remote installation:

Installing with the installer(8) tool

1
Show the original file for the Install Packages alias.

2
Copy the Packages.pkg distribution to the remote computer.

Note: If no file sharing services (FTP, AppleShare, etc.) are running on the remote computer, you will have to physically move to the computer to make the copy and run the installation.

3 Connect to the remote computer using ssh or telnet.

4 Move to the directory where the Packages.pkg distribution has been copied.

5
Type the following command:

$ sudo installer -pkg Packages.pkg -target /

6 Press Return.

Installing with Apple Remote Desktop

Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) is a "suite of desktop management tools, enabling administrators to manage networks of Mac OS X system from a central location". Amongst other things, it allows you to remotely install packages or metapackages.

Read page 109 of chapter 8 of the ARD documentation to learn how to perform a remote installation of packages.

Uninstalling Packages

To uninstall Packages, you need administrative privileges. If you're not an administrator on the computer, contact him/her.

1 Double-click the Packages.dmg disk image file to mount it on the desktop.

2 Double-click the Packages volume.

3 Double-click the Extras folder.

4 Open the Terminal application.

5 Type sudo sh .

6
Drag and drop the uninstall.sh file from the Finder to the Terminal window.

Example:

$ sudo sh /Volumes/Packages/Extras/uninstall.sh

7 Press Return to run the command and then type your administrator password.

Revision History

05/16/10

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