KB303082757: Automating Installation on macOS

Description

Instructions to script the installation of the DeskPack, Dynamic Content and Studio Illustrator plugins on macOS.

Procedure

Configure the installation process

• Create a file named InstallationConfig.txt in /Users/Shared/EskoArtwork/DeskPack. This file contains key-value pairs that influence the installation and initial configuration of the Illustrator plugins.
  The syntax is as follows (each entry must be put on a separate line):

  InstallationConfig.txt syntax

  Option1=Value1
  Option2=Value2

  The available options are:

  Option	Accepted Values	Description
  Silent	True/False (default = False)	When True, the installation process will not require user interaction.
  DefaultNetworkLicense	True/False (default = True)	Whether the plugins try to obtain a network license by default or not. This can be changed after installation in the Network License Setup dialog in Illustrator Help > Esko > Esko Plugins... > Network License Setup

• Determine which components to install.

  1. In a Terminal, run 

     Retrieve ChoiceChangesXML

     installer -showChoiceChangesXML -pkg <path to installer pkg>

     This will print a configuration xml file for the installer. Save the result as an xml file.

  2. The file contains a <dict></dict> block for each setting containing three key-value pairs: attributeSetting, choiceAttribute and choiceIdentifier. For each block where the choiceAttribute equals selected, set the attributeSetting to 1 or 0 to include or not to include the component. The name of the component is described in the choiceIdentifier.

     Do not change the attributeSetting of a <dict></dict> block where the choiceAttribute equals selected if there exists another block with the same choiceIdentifier where the choiceAttribute equals enabled and the attributeSetting equals false. Doing so would disable the installation of a component critical to the proper functioning of the software.

Execute the installer

In a Terminal or script run:

sudo installer -applyChoiceChangesXML <path to xml file created above> -pkg <path to installer pkg> -target <path to volume on which the software must be installed>