Install from command line?

[ebarras]

This may be a noob question, but I would kile to know if there is a way
to install word 2004 from only the shell. For instance, I would like to
make a script that installs the software with 0 steps needed for
confirmation. It would greatly help me to be able to simply run a
script without having to babysit the program. Thanks for any help you
can give.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello -

I wouldn't call this a "noob" question, but it is unclear as to what your
actual intended goal may be. The objective as stated is rather vague (to me,
anyway) as I can only think of a few reasons where such a script would be
employed.

1) Initial installation - In which case you'd still have to perform the
installation in order to determine what responses to write where into the
script. Once you finish that the installation would be done, so having the
script would be pointless.

2) Installation on multiple systems - Limited by license in the first place
& since you'd still have to go through the above step for the first
installation what could you possibly be saving on the second? If a network
is the issue there are probably other solutions available.

3) For some reason you anticipate having to *re-install* Word on a frequent
basis - Highly unlikely as any problems are not usually resolved by
re-installing programs on a Mac. That is typically a last resort if all else
fails.

Such a script would also - in all probability - not be of use for installing
other apps, so there would be no universal value for it. So, if you can be a
little more descriptive of your need, perhaps someone out here can relate to
it and provide a workable solution. But as it stands I think most folks out
there are simply thinking "How long can it take to install one program?".

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

This may be a noob question, but I would kile to know if there is a way
to install word 2004 from only the shell. For instance, I would like to
make a script that installs the software with 0 steps needed for
confirmation. It would greatly help me to be able to simply run a
script without having to babysit the program. Thanks for any help you
can give.

Office can be installed through Drag and Drop. You could have a script
simply copy the proper folder to the location you want. No confirmation
required...

ditto -rsrc /<path to source Office folder> /<path to destination>


Corentin