Odd files from the installer into the root of the hard disk and stops.ĭisabling HTTP on the distribution point and causing a fallback to AFP Turned on on my distribution point the installation completes successfullyĪccording to Casper's logs, butŠ when the installer runs it dumps 40 or so Either way I now have the package downloading. Server which wasn't resolving the fully qualified hostname for theĭistribution point correctly. Permissions fix or, the fact that my test machine was using a different DNS
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On 3/11/10 1:34 PM, "Stephen Buckley" wrote: Trying to deploy the latest Office 2008 update as supplied from MS as an Permissions through the Casper Share so that mpkg installers (especially I've frequently found that I need to go into Server Admin and re-propogate On 12:12 AM, Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL wrote:
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Plus that way I can also more easily notify/warn them/make sure the apps are quit before the install (and the users don't have to wait for the software to download since it's cached/they don't get bugged about it until it's on their machine ready to go).įix Permission using JSS Utility in File Sharing. I cache the larger (>50 MB) packages since it's pretty unpredictable when the users will either sleep their Macs, or drop the connection. Updater? Or is this simply to speed up the actual installation process,Īfter having the network copy happen in the background?Īt this particular site the users are mostly on MacBooks/MacBook Pro's, and the users currently only see the JSS when they are VPN'd in (in the process of hosting it externally). Open XML for amework Is there a technical reason you are caching then installing your. Inside /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office Converter Support/ Inside /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/ Inside /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/HV1.0/ Inside /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/Shared Applications/Proofing Tools/ Inside /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/ Inside /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/ Since I've had a couple of requests (again, these are the changes from 12.2.3->12.2.4 only): That said, I cant leave HTTP distribution off, and you solution sounds moreĮfficient, I wouldn't mind a copy of your diffs. I don't have AFP enabled/accessible at one of the sites I manage, so everything has to be installed via http, and the MS-provided. Robert, which problem did you have? I have the. On Mar 11, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Stephen Buckley wrote: mpkg but there areĪllot of them and it doesn't look like a particularly elegant alternative Office if I can use the original package. Rather not have to use Composer to take a before and after snapshot of Has anyone got a good solution to deploying this update via Casper. Assuming it is aĮrror: Package not succesfully downloaded: 6
This Apple Package did not have a valid index.bom file. mpkg fails with an error stating that it has no valid index.bom and thatĬonsequently it will be treated as a flat package, which it is not.Įxecuting Policy Cache Office 2008 12.2.4 Update.ĭownloading BOM for Office 2008 12.2.4 Update.mpkg. Trying to deploy the latest Office 2008 update as supplied from MS as an