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The pkgbuild binary and Jamf Composer don't support adding single files of 8 GB or more to a package. Some apps like Install macOS Big Sur.app include files larger than 8 GB in their bundles. This script will create a deployable PKG file from apps whose bundles include those large files.
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#!/bin/zsh | |
:<<ABOUT_THIS_SCRIPT | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
Written by:William Smith | |
Professional Services Engineer | |
Jamf | |
[email protected] | |
https://gist.github.com/e9ed319226c6da30dd633725e48a97b0 | |
Originally posted: October 15, 2020 | |
Updated: December 2, 2020 | |
Updated: December 11, 2020 | |
Purpose: Creates a deployable PKG file from an app whose app bundle | |
contains one or more files larger than the 8 GB limit supported by pkgbuild | |
or Jamf Composer. | |
Instructions: | |
1. Save the script to a file named MegaPKGr.zsh on your Mac. | |
2. If necessary, run 'chmod +x /path/to/MegaPKGr.zsh' to make it execu- | |
table. | |
3. To run the script, open Terminal and enter: | |
/path/to/MegaPKGr.zsh /path/to/large.app | |
Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under | |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
"If you try to save wisdom until the world is wise, Father, | |
the world will never have it." | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
ABOUT_THIS_SCRIPT | |
function logmessage() { | |
echo -ne "$1\r" | |
/bin/sleep 1 | |
} | |
function logresult() { | |
if [ $? = 0 ] ; then | |
echo "$1" | |
/bin/date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S $1" >> "$logFile" | |
/bin/sleep 1 | |
else | |
echo "$2" | |
/bin/date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S $2" >> "$logFile" | |
echo "Aborting script" | |
/bin/date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S Aborting script" >> "$logFile" | |
cleanup | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
} | |
function cleanup() { | |
logmessage "Removing temporary items..." | |
/bin/rm -Rf "$tempDirectory" | |
logresult "Succeeded removing temporary items" "Failed removing temporary items" | |
} | |
# need to run this script with elevated privileges | |
if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then | |
echo | |
echo "This script requires elevated privileges. Run it again with \"sudo\"." | |
echo | |
exit 0 | |
fi | |
# define log file location | |
logFile="/Library/Logs/MegaPKGr.log" | |
# choose app for packaging | |
appPath="$1" | |
while [[ "$appPath" = "" ]] | |
do | |
echo | |
echo "Drag the app for packaging into this Terminal window and press return." | |
echo "To abort this script, press Control-C." | |
echo | |
read -p "App path: " appPath | |
done | |
app=$( /usr/bin/basename "$appPath" ) | |
echo | |
# the time right now | |
startTime=$( /bin/date '+%s' ) | |
# prompt for folder for the final package | |
theCommand='set chooseFolder to POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt "Save package to this folder...")' | |
chooseDirectory=$( /usr/bin/osascript -e "$theCommand" ) | |
# verify chosen directory is writable | |
logmessage "Verifying chosen folder..." | |
/usr/bin/touch "$chooseDirectory/.test" | |
logresult "Chosen folder is writable" "Chosen folder is not writable" | |
/bin/rm "$chooseDirectory/.test" | |
# verify disk space needed to package app | |
appSize=$( /usr/bin/du -md 0 "$appPath" | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $1 }' ) | |
logmessage "Size of \"$app\" in MB: $appSize" | |
availableSpace=$( /bin/df -g /System/Volumes/Data | /usr/bin/grep dev | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $4 }' ) | |
logmessage "Available disk space: $availableSpace GB " | |
neededSpace=$(( appSize * 3 / 1024 )) | |
logmessage "Disk space required to build package: $neededSpace GB " | |
[ $availableSpace -gt $neededSpace ] | |
logresult "Disk has enough free space to build \"$app.pkg\"" "Disk does not have enough free space to build \"$app.pkg\"" | |
echo "Log file is located in /Library/Logs/MegaPKGr.log" | |
echo | |
# create temporary working directory | |
logmessage "Creating temporary working directory..." | |
tempDirectory=$( /usr/bin/mktemp -d "/private/tmp/MegaPKGr.XXXXXX" ) | |
logresult "Succeeded creating temporary working directory" "Failed creating temporary working directory" | |
# create dmg from the app to create a single file | |
logmessage "Creating disk image (DMG) archive of \"$app\"..." | |
/usr/bin/hdiutil create -quiet "$tempDirectory/$app.dmg" -ov -volname MegaPKGr -fs APFS -srcfolder "$appPath" | |
logresult "Succeeded creating DMG archive of $app" "Failed creating DMG archive of $app" | |
# create folder structure for pkgbuild | |
logmessage "Ceating pkgbuild ROOT directory..." | |
/bin/mkdir -p "$tempDirectory/ROOT/private/tmp/MegaPKGrFileParts" && cd "$tempDirectory/ROOT/private/tmp/MegaPKGrFileParts" | |
logresult "Succeeded creating pkgbuild ROOT directory" "Failed creating pkgbuild ROOT directory" | |
logmessage "Creating pkgbuild Scripts directory" | |
/bin/mkdir -p "$tempDirectory/Scripts" | |
logresult "Succeeded creating pkgbuild Scripts directory" "Failed creating pkgbuild Scripts directory" | |
# split archive file into 500 MB file chunks | |
logmessage "Creating 500 MB file chunks from archive file..." | |
/usr/bin/split -b 500m "$tempDirectory/$app.dmg" | |
logresult "Succeeded creating 500 MB file chunks from archive file" "Failed creating 500 MB file chunks from archive file" | |
# create postinstall script for pkgbuild | |
logmessage "Creating pkgbuild postinstall script..." | |
/bin/cat << 'EOF' > "$tempDirectory/Scripts/postinstall" | |
#!/bin/bash | |
function logresult() { | |
if [ $? = 0 ] ; then | |
echo "$1" | |
else | |
echo "$2" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
} | |
function cleanup() { | |
/bin/rm -Rf "$tempDirectory/" "/private/tmp/MegaPKGr"* | |
logresult "[RESULT: $?] Succeeded removing temporary items" "[ERROR: $?] Failed removing temporary items" | |
} | |
# create temporary working directory | |
echo "Creating temporary working directory" | |
tempDirectory=$( /usr/bin/mktemp -d "/private/tmp/MegaPKGr.XXXXXX" ) | |
logresult "[RESULT: $?] Succeeded creating temporary working directory" "[ERROR: $?] Failed creating temporary working directory" | |
# change directory to temporary working directory | |
echo "Changing directory to working directory '$tempDirectory'" | |
cd "$tempDirectory" | |
logresult "[RESULT: $?] Succeeded changing to temporary working directory" "[ERROR: $?] Failed changing to temporary working directory" | |
# recombine file parts | |
echo "Recombining file parts" | |
/bin/cat /private/tmp/MegaPKGrFileParts/x* > "$tempDirectory/MegaPKGrFileParts.dmg" | |
logresult "[RESULT: $?] Succeeded recombining MegaPKGrFileParts file parts" "[ERROR: $?] Failed recombining MegaPKGrFileParts file parts" | |
# copy the application to original location | |
echo "Extracting archived file" | |
# mounting recombined DMG | |
/usr/bin/hdiutil attach -nobrowse "$tempDirectory/MegaPKGrFileParts.dmg" | |
logresult "[RESULT: $?] Succeeded mounting DMG" "[ERROR: $?] Failed mounting DMG" | |
# dittoing DMG contents to local disk | |
/usr/bin/ditto -rsrc "/Volumes/MegaPKGr/" /Applications | |
logresult "[RESULT: $?] Succeeded dittoing files to specified location" "[ERROR: $?] Failed dittoing files to specified location" | |
# unmounting recombined DMG | |
/sbin/umount "/Volumes/MegaPKGr" | |
logresult "[RESULT: $?] Succeeded unmounting DMG" "[ERROR: $?] Failed unmounting DMG" | |
# delete temporary files | |
echo "Deleting temporary items" | |
cleanup | |
exit 0 | |
EOF | |
/bin/chmod +x "$tempDirectory/Scripts/postinstall" | |
logresult "Succeeded creating pkgbuild postinstall script" "Failed creating pkgbuild postinstall script" | |
# create installer package | |
logmessage "Creating package \"$app.pkg\"..." | |
/usr/bin/pkgbuild --quiet --identifier net.talkingmoose.MegaPKGr --version "1.0.0" --scripts "$tempDirectory/Scripts" --root "$tempDirectory/ROOT" "$chooseDirectory/$app.pkg" | |
logresult "Succeeded creating package \"$app.pkg\" in $chooseDirectory" "Failed creating package \"$app.pkg\" in \"$chooseDirectory\"" | |
# remove temporary files | |
logmessage "Removing temporary items..." | |
cleanup | |
echo | |
# calculate and report script run time | |
stopTime=$( /bin/date '+%s' ) | |
seconds=$(( $stopTime-$startTime )) | |
formattedTime=$( /bin/date -j -f "%s" "$seconds" '+%M minutes and %S seconds' ) | |
logresult "Packaging time: $formattedTime" | |
echo | |
exit 0 |
Thank you, @dev-yeet.
Yes it drops the location where we want by just replacing "/Application" to new_path
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@Kuldeep-Github
replace the only reference to "/Applications" with the new destination; i just tested with /private/var/tmp and it placed the installer there for me instead.