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Munki
Overview
Munki is software used for managing software on OS X. It is located at munki.socs.uoguelph.ca.
Shell Scripts (NoPKG Installation)
Munki is traditionally used to push out packaged software, but can also be used to deploy and run scripts.
Two scripts should be created. The first is the pre-install script. This script needs to determine whether the desired action needs to be taken or not. This script should return 1 if nothing needs to be done, and 0 if something needs to be installed.
The second script is the post-install script. This is the script that actually contains the desired action.
Once the two scripts are written, they can be packaged up with the following script
makepkginfo --name INSTALL_NAME --nopkg --pkgvers=1.0 --installcheck_script=PREINSTALLSCRIPT --postinstall_script=POSTINSTALLSCRIPT --unattended_install > INSTALLNAME.pkginfo
This file can then be added to the pkgsinfo folder of Munki.
Run makecatalogs to have munki rescan the folder for new packages
Running AutoPKG to update Munki Packages
- Ensure that autopkg is installed. It is available on the autopkg website.