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How to use the Installer command to deploy packages silently on macOS and OS X

How to use the Installer command to deploy packages silently on macOS and OS X

Installing applications on macOS and OS X computers is easy to do when deploying the apps as packages through the Terminal using the Installer command for quiet deployments across your network.

How to deploy packages via Terminal

1. Launch Terminal.app.

2. Enter the following command to install it as an administrator.

installer -pkg /path/to/application.pkg -target /Applications

Here path is /users/shared/ and application is setup.pkg.

3. When prompted, enter the administrator password, or prefix the command in step #2 with sudo to prompt for the admin credential if you’re installing remotely via script or SSH.

Note: For .MPKG deployments, specify the default .mpkg only, and all other dependent .mpkg files will be automatically installed unless they’re disqualified by the integrity checking process.