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Tag: munki

  • Fixing ffmpeg for Munki (allowUntrusted)

    Apparently the version of ffmpeg that the Audacity Team wants you to install for Audacity has an invalid or expired signature, which now prevents Munki from installing it. The best solution (workaround) I’ve found is (author of Munki) Greg Neagle’s own: FIXING PACKAGES WITH EXPIRED SIGNATURES

  • Packaging Logger Pro for Munki

    Vernier, the company that produces Logger Pro, is quite generous in terms of its licensing. Schools can pay an affordable site license fee, and that includes the license for not only school computers but even for students to put it on their home computers (Logger Pro 3 site license allows your students to install Logger…

  • Terminal command to mark a Munki optional install for installation

    If you’re a beginning Munki administrator, you’re probably pretty familiar with adding software to these categories: Managed Installs: Software that has to be installed on the client machine and does not appear as an optional install to be removed. Managed Uninstalls: Software that must be removed, so if it’s installed will be force-removed from the…

  • Packaging PowerTeacher Gradebook for Munki

    Important Update: As of April, 2017 (possibly earlier), the LaunchGradebook.ptg file appears to be tied to the specific user logged in, so it can’t just be generically distributed. So if you don’t have an older version of LaunchGradebook.ptg for your organization, you essentially won’t be able to distribute Gradebook to your users. Fortunately, (hat tip…

  • Making Microsoft AutoUpdate check manually for Macs with Munki

    Note: I’m writing with regard to Microsoft Office for 2011. It’s possible the .plist file updates here is different for other versions of Microsoft Office for Mac. If you’re using Munki to manage software updates, you don’t want the applications themselves to be constantly checking for updates or notifying your users when an update is…

  • Keeping up to date using Munki without bothering users

    Munki is a great tool for distributing software and creating little mini App Stores for organizations, so users can do self-service installs of Mac software. But Munki is also a great tool for keeping software up to date. Some software updates are primarily about adding new features. Many updates, however, include bug fixes or security…

  • Packaging CrashPlan PROe for Munki

    Update This no longer applies for CrashPlan 6.5 and above. For more details, see Considerations when upgrading CrashPlan with Munki. Why the official deployment method won’t work for Munki Code42 has a guide for Preparing The Crashplan App For Deployment. It basically downloads (from your CrashPlan PROe server) a .zip file of some tools to…

  • Packaging NetExtender for Munki

    Disclaimer The following tutorial is based on and works for NetExtender version 7.5.774 for Mac. Your mileage may vary for other versions. Why does NetExtender need a Munki-fied “update”? The actual NetExtender application doesn’t need anything special for Munki. You can do a regular munkiimport on the .dmg file, and it’ll go in just fine…

  • Packaging Starry Night College for Munki

    The following tutorial is just a more step-by-step version of Multiple guest users on one PC – How to register Starry Night, and with Munki in mind. Find the Starry Night app in your /Applications folder, right-click it, and select Show Package Contents. Then, go to Contents > Resources > Sky Data > Resources and…

  • Creating a Symantec Endpoint Protection package for Munki

    Thanks to Erik from the Munki Dev group for the tip. If you have a newer version of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) that comes as an .app with a separate Additional Resources folder, here is how you can get a Munki-friendly package out of it. Go ahead and launch up the installer .app file. Click…

  • Running a post-uninstall script for a Munki package

    Much as I love editing text files and entering commands into Terminal.app, I do also appreciate a good GUI frontend. Apart from munkiimport, I mainly manage Munki using MunkiAdmin, as I referenced in Absolute beginner’s guide to setting up Munki (not monkey). Of course, I got a bit too comfortable with the GUI frontend, and…

  • Using MySQL with MunkiReport

    By default, MunkiReport uses its own embedded sqlite database, which apparently isn’t as robust as MySQL (the sqlite website has more information on sqlite’s appropriate uses and limitations). If you are extremely unfamiliar with MySQL databases, you may want to just stick with the default sqlite database until you are. I have a basic tutorial…

  • Packaging FileMaker Pro for Munki

    If your organization, school, or company has volume licensing for FileMaker Pro and want to make your package Munki-able, this is how you do it (based on Assisted install for FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced). Older: Find your FileMaker installer .mpkg file. This installer file will likely come on a read-only medium (read-only .dmg…

  • Munki error “ERROR: Adobe Setup error: 79: Unknown error”

    I prepared a nice little Adobe Acrobat Pro package for Munki, and I tried to install it and got this error (ERROR: Adobe Setup error: 79: Unknown error). Turns out, that isn’t a Munki error at all: Re: [munki-dev] CS6 package wont install > Adobe Setup Error: 79 It has to do with some processes…

  • Manually adding icons to Munki-imported packages

    As with all Munki tutorials, this one assumes you already know some Munki basics. If you don’t, you might want to start with Absolute beginner’s guide to setting up Munki (not monkey). When you use munkiimport to import software packages, it will either find icons automatically or prompt you to try to extract icons from…