On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:21 AM, p.e.r.i.o.d.i.c.i.t.y < [email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings, > > I'm considering switching to using puppet from radmind to manage our > Mac OS X machines, and I have a few concerns. > > What would be the best way to manage large applications like Adobe's > CS suite? I'm not sure how to set it up with puppet... Adobe has > created a "silent install" that can be done from the command line, but > it still seems to require administrator intervention after completion > to "activate" itself and to install a PDF printer. It would be > possible to create a package with PackageMaker, but that would be > effectively the same as using a radmind loadset. Surely there must be > a better way... > If the vendor: * provides a silent install that isn't silent * provides a package in a non-standard format then the problem is Adobe's to solve. I totally feel your pain, I used to have to manage lab machines with just about every single Adobe app with radmind, and they're one of the worst vendors to deal with :( I know Greg Neagle has done a lot of blogging on installing Adobe software, maybe have a look there and we can work out a defined type to do the install? http://managingosx.wordpress.com/ > > Thanks, > > Jeremy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<puppet-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- nigel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
