OS X task deployment problem

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(imported topic written by gub1291)

Hi all,

I’m working on deploying a .pkg file to our mac clients but am getting stuck.

I go through the creation wizard and am able to upload the file that I need. I then take action and am deploying it on a test machine. As far as the console sees it, it’s a success. However, the software is not installed on the client.

The client’s console displays an error from BESAgent stating:

“installer: Error the package path specified was invalid: ‘__Download/packagename.pkg’.”

There are 2 pertinent lines in /var/log/install.log:

PFPkg: No file found at path: /Librarby/Application Support/BigFix/BES Agent/__BESData/…pkg

and

PFPackage::packageWithURL - can’t instantiate package: /Librarby/Application Support/BigFix/BES Agent/__BESData/…pkg

My actionscript looks like this:

download http://servername:52311/Uploads/29a83fd7c8c6481016023ae7431e7c41daea6e68/package.pkg.tmp

continue if {(size of it = 16310277 AND sha1 of it = “29a83fd7c8c6481016023ae7431e7c41daea6e68”) of file “package.pkg.tmp” of folder “__Download”}

extract package.pkg.tmp

wait sudo installer -pkg “__Download/package.pkg” -target /Applications

Could someone help and point me in the right direction? I’m not sure why this file isn’t being created or stored properly.

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(imported comment written by MattBoyd)

Is there any possibility that this is related to the issue that doubleminus posted in this thread: http://forum.bigfix.com/viewtopic.php?pid=25858#p25858 ?

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(imported comment written by gub1291)

boyd,

I’ve used the windows installer method and it’s gotten me further but now it’s stuck at the point of actually running the installer script.

I keep seeing errors that say: “installer: Error the package path specified was invalid” and no matter what I do or what I type, it seems that BES client can’t see the file to install it.

I thought maybe it could be a permissions issue so I’ve added a chmod command to the script. I can see that the file gets the new permissions but it still doesn’t run.

Here’s my current actionscript:

download http://server:52311/Uploads/29a83fd7c8c6481016023ae7431e7c41daea6e68/idf36.2.0r003.tmp
continue if {(size of it = 16310277 AND sha1 of it = "29a83fd7c8c6481016023ae7431e7c41daea6e68") of file "long name.tmp" of folder "__Download"}
 
extract long name.tmp
 
wait cp __Download/really really long name.pkg __Download/new.pkg
wait sudo chmod 777 __Download/new.pkg
wait sudo installer -pkg __Download/new.pkg -target /Applications

The file gets downloaded, extracted, copied, and chmodded, but the installer cries foul.

Does anyone have ideas on how to resolve this?

Thanks,

Nick

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(imported comment written by gub1291)

Boyd,

I’m tracking down the problem. Seems like the pkg file is getting corrupted when I upload it using the BES console.

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(imported comment written by MattBoyd)

Hey Nick,

I’m coming to that conclusion as well. Have you found a workaround yet?

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

Use Disk Utility (on any mac in /Applications/Utilities ) to create a disk image file containing the pkg. This ensures the pkg is a single file instead of a directory (pkg). This avoids confusion when moving the pkg from Mac > Windows and back.

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(imported comment written by gub1291)

@boyd,

Thanks to @amelgares, it seems to have worked! What a PITA this has been!