Installing via command line

[pczerniak]

Is it possible to install retrospect client from the command line?

[barfoo]

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Is it possible to install retrospect client from the command line?

 

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NO

 

is it possible to uninstall retrospect client from the command line ?

NO

 

is it possible to install retrospect client with ARD (without harrasing the user)?

NO

 

is it possible to turn retrospect client on/off from commandline ?

NO

 

will these features be included in updated versions of retrospect 6.x ?

NO

[CallMeDave]

is it possible to uninstall retrospect client from the command line ?

 

Sure, if you're handy with bash. It's just a Cocoa application package that includes a couple of daemons that might or might not be running, and a simple startup script file. Easy to kill and delete with a privileged account.

 

 

is it possible to turn retrospect client on/off from commandline ?

 

Certainly. Trivially easy.

 

 

will these features be included in updated versions of retrospect 6.x ?

 

It would be great if they move to Apple package installer, so the software can be installed via ARD.

[rhwalker]

Well, actually, it can be done by ARD now, but not automated. Copy client installer to client via ARD, log on to the client via ARD, install, etc. Painful, though. Been there, done that. But I didn't have to walk to the client computers.

 

Russ

[longoman]

That is incorrect because you can use ssh to connect to client's Mac and use sh to execute script to un-install. Here's the code:

/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/killall pitond

/usr/bin/sudo /bin/rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/RetroClient

/usr/bin/sudo /bin/rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/RetroRun

/usr/bin/sudo /bin/rm -rf /Library/Preferences/Retroclient.state

/usr/bin/sudo /bin/rm -rf "/Applications/Retrospect Client.app"

 

Worked for me, tho.