UNIX Command to install app

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UNIX Command to install app

So, in ARD, i have pushed out a app to the local Admin account of my laptops I want to run that app from the root account on the Admin Desktop..

Say the app is called KC.app It seems to just have a .exe file in the app, it's NOT a .pkg that i can just push.

If i go to the actual machine and switch over to the Local Admin account, i run the app, and it asks for the local admin reds and does the rest.

I'm trying to automate it so i don't have to go to individual machines and switch to the admin account and launch this..

What command would you use in ARD to get the app on the local admin desktop to launch? I know i'm close on this....

Thanks.

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), IT Manager for an Ad Agency

Posted on Dec 9, 2014 2:29 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 10, 2014 11:21 AM in response to Robman

Assuming I've understood you correctly and assuming this 'app' is located in the Applications folder something like:

open /Applications/Example.app

should do it? If the app is located elsewhere just change the path to suit. Send the command as root.

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Robman Author

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Dec 10, 2014 1:35 PM in response to Antonio Rocco

I'll try that.. the .app is actually an installer, on the local Admin Desktop..

so more like...:

cd /Users/admin/Desktop/

./KcsSetup.app/Contents/MacOS/KcsSetup --install

I "think" this works, but it's hard to tell if it's really re-installing the app, or the existing one is still being used..

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Robman Author

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Dec 10, 2014 1:57 PM in response to Antonio Rocco

or maybe something like this?:

./Users/admin/Desktop/KcsSetup.app/Contents/MacOS/KcsSetup install

But i keep getting a -29 error..

I can do it over Terminal if i SSH onto the machine, but i'm trying to do this by ARD...

i SSH on, and then go to the /admin/Desktop and run the command listed in the post above, and it asks for my password, and it runs..

But i'm trying to get this done using ARD as root instead of SSH..

I also tried over ARD:

open /Users/admin/Desktop/KcsSetup.app

as root, but got this error:

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Users/admin/Desktop/KcsSetup.app.

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Robman Author

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Dec 12, 2014 9:37 AM in response to Robman

I got it...

I was making to too complicated trying to "open" or "--install"

All i needed to send over ARD was: ./path/to/the/exec/inthe/app

as root, and it ran and installed...

Jeez, took me forever to get that one.

Thanks for letting me bounce the questions off you....

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