We have a lot of machines here. This is why we use munki for distribution of mac-software. We'd also like to do this with DUIK, but the installer is very custom. Normaly i expect a .pkg or a .app file to copy. But yours is a .app file witch installs the plugin files with a proprietary GUI-Application. So is there a way i can execute this installer app via command line in a silent mode? So that no GUI shows up?
I've also tried to repackage it to a *.pkg file, but then some buttons within the plugin don't work.
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Munki Deployment Mac
Re: Munki Deployment Mac
Hi,
For deployment of Duik in a mac environment, the best is to download the zip package from the website,
https://rainboxprod.coop/en/tools/duik/duik-download/
Then it should not be difficult to write a small script which performs the few steps needed to install Duik. Basically it's just copying a few files in the Scripts folder of After Effects, and modifying an XML file. The whole procedure is discribed in the user guide (a free pdf is available):
https://rainboxprod.coop/en/help/#guides
We've made the mentionned presetEffects.xml file available already patched here, if it's easier to directly copy the corresponding file instead of modifying it:
https://github.com/Rainbox-dev/Duik/tre ... setEffects
Question for the next version of Duik: would an .app without GUI be useful?
This would be fully automated, but you'd have to run it with administrator privileges on every computer for it to work properly
For deployment of Duik in a mac environment, the best is to download the zip package from the website,
https://rainboxprod.coop/en/tools/duik/duik-download/
Then it should not be difficult to write a small script which performs the few steps needed to install Duik. Basically it's just copying a few files in the Scripts folder of After Effects, and modifying an XML file. The whole procedure is discribed in the user guide (a free pdf is available):
https://rainboxprod.coop/en/help/#guides
We've made the mentionned presetEffects.xml file available already patched here, if it's easier to directly copy the corresponding file instead of modifying it:
https://github.com/Rainbox-dev/Duik/tre ... setEffects
Question for the next version of Duik: would an .app without GUI be useful?
This would be fully automated, but you'd have to run it with administrator privileges on every computer for it to work properly
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neilmartin83
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Re: Munki Deployment Mac
Hi Duduf,
Thank you for providing this plugin to the world for free! I stumbled on this thread whilst looking for ways to automate the deployment of DUIK on all the Macs in one of our animation labs at the University of East London.
A silent, non-interactive command line based installer which puts the plugin in the right location depending on which version of AE is on the machine and patches the XML would be absolutely perfect. It would be pretty easy for admins to wrap that in a regular pkg so it gets dumped in /tmp and have a postinstall script which would run it. Then we could install it when the Mac is at the login window without a user logged in, for example.
That would work with Munki and other solutions like Jamf Pro (which we use) and I'm sure many institutions that deploy software at scale in a managed environment would be eternally grateful!
Thanks again and kind regards,
Neil.
Thank you for providing this plugin to the world for free! I stumbled on this thread whilst looking for ways to automate the deployment of DUIK on all the Macs in one of our animation labs at the University of East London.
A silent, non-interactive command line based installer which puts the plugin in the right location depending on which version of AE is on the machine and patches the XML would be absolutely perfect. It would be pretty easy for admins to wrap that in a regular pkg so it gets dumped in /tmp and have a postinstall script which would run it. Then we could install it when the Mac is at the login window without a user logged in, for example.
That would work with Munki and other solutions like Jamf Pro (which we use) and I'm sure many institutions that deploy software at scale in a managed environment would be eternally grateful!
Thanks again and kind regards,
Neil.
Re: Munki Deployment Mac
Hi Neil,
Many thanks for your feedback!
I'm going to simplifiy the installation process for the next version of Duik, and yes, I think shipping it with a command line isntaller should be totally doable
Thanks
Many thanks for your feedback!
I'm going to simplifiy the installation process for the next version of Duik, and yes, I think shipping it with a command line isntaller should be totally doable
Thanks