site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcusRK66XrYtJXE5Ta6tGEIa8tscXw== Thread-topic: Iceberg Package installing into /tmp by default? User-agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.2.0.101115 Munki looks great Greg! Looked over the site and just the rundown on the all the different packaging tools themselves is well worth the read through. See: http://code.google.com/p/munki/wiki/Repackaging. Meanwhile, for those of us Mac admins struggling to find even that precious 1 hour/week to implement a larger packaging infrastructure like this, the updated tips on MS Office repackaging Michelle provides will be a useful guide. As to the original question, I did discover, with a little off-list help from Stephane, that the imported package I ripped off from the default MS Office installation to Set Dock Tiles being was itself set to a "required" status and being unselectable in the final installer interface, was defaulting the entire metapackage installation to /tmp, instead of the other packages individually assigned destinations in /Library or /Applications. Strange, but removed, reimported, and worked fine after much hair-pulling. Yes, yes, perhaps even more justification to transition to a more flexible methodology as Greg outlines with munki or in other places with instadmg and the like. Dummy Question #1: Michele, could you clarify if these instructions will include the custom icon bit on the Office installation? Trivial, but did cause me to switch back over to Iceberg last time I repackaged our Office suite. Dummy Question #2: If we are all creating packages for common applications like these (and assuming no custom org-specific settings), is there not a more effective means of crowdsourcing our package efforts? I am aware of the Manifest Destiny project, but seems like there might be value in sharing/vetting the same Office 2010 installation being custom created across 500 different organizations at the same time. Just a thought. Thanks again to all for your unique insights on this stuff. Great list. Clif On 1/4/11 12:52 PM, "Greg Neagle" <Greg.Neagle@disneyanimation.com> wrote:

In most cases, this can be done without repackaging software. I'm a big fan of using vendor packages as-is whenever possible, and collecting your modifications or additions into a separate package (or packages) that you install after the vendor's package. This is generally easier, less error-prone, and makes troubleshooting easier.

In the case of the Office 2011, we do all customization in a separate package. We use munki for managed software installations, and it's trivial to have it install our customizations after installing Office 2011.

-Greg

On Jan 4, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Michele Corum wrote:

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In Enterprise environments, it is not unusual to make modifications to distributed software: adding licensing information, suppressing registration, bundling system management tools, etc.

Michele

On 1/4/11 8:33 AM, "Greg Neagle" <Greg.Neagle@disneyanimation.com> wrote:

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Since Microsoft Office 2011 is distributed in standard Apple package format, what is the reason to repackage it at all?

-Greg

On Jan 3, 2011, at 2:56 PM, Michele Corum wrote:

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As I learned (the hard way), repackaging Office 2011 is a pain, but once you've got it down, it's still a pain... I worked extensively with Microsoft and Apple to get their deployment instructions corrected.

http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/14/en-us/admin/item/a35ab53c-badf -4fef -bbfe-d5005ad6f7d4?category=1dbf952e-1f61-47f6-85fa-196a22eaf824

Good luck!

Michele Corum Mac IT Packager aap3 at Cisco Systems, Inc. 400 East Tasman Drive, SJ12-4, F3 San Jose, California 95134 Desk 408.853.3430 Cell 925.586.6173 mcorum@cisco.com

On 12/21/10 1:49 PM, "Hirtle, Clif" <clif.hirtle@uconn.edu> wrote:

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MS Office metapackage:

1. Office apps package -> Applications 2. Communicator package -> Applications 3. Messenger package -> Applications 4. Set Dock Icons

Stumbled on thread below from a few years back, but I have set the install locations, rebuilt package, re-added items and still no dice.

http://lists.apple.com/archives/installer-dev/2009/Sep/msg00075.html

Thoughts?

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