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Non-annoying flash update on mac from command line
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#!/bin/bash -x | |
# | |
# Installs just the plugin -- no flash manager, no fpsaud, | |
# no system preferences, no lightroom -- the way it should | |
# be. | |
# | |
# Version 14* | |
# | |
# (Requires wget, but change it to curl if you don't have it) | |
set -e | |
DMG_URL="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/mac/install_flash_player_14_osx_pkg.dmg" | |
# Clear any old installation directories | |
rm -rf /tmp/flashinstall | |
mkdir /tmp/flashinstall | |
cd /tmp/flashinstall | |
# Get the archive and mount the dmg | |
umount -f /Volumes/"Flash Player" || echo Not Mounted | |
sleep 1 | |
wget $DMG_URL -O fp.dmg | |
open fp.dmg | |
sleep 5 | |
# Retreive and extract the pkg inside it | |
cp /Volumes/"Flash Player"/*.pkg /tmp/flashinstall/"Adobe Flash Player.pkg" | |
ls "Adobe Flash Player.pkg" | |
pkgutil --expand "Adobe Flash Player.pkg" a | |
cd a | |
# check plugin exists where we expect it to be | |
tar tf /tmp/flashinstall/a/AdobeFlashPlayerComponent.pkg/Payload "./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin.lzma" | |
# extract file (requires root password) | |
sudo tar -x -C / -f /tmp/flashinstall/a/AdobeFlashPlayerComponent.pkg/Payload "./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin.lzma" | |
# this uncompress the lzma archive to flash plugin (again, requires sudo) | |
sudo /tmp/flashinstall/a/AdobeFlashPlayerComponent.pkg/Scripts/finalize | |
echo Success |
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