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AutoPkg is an automation framework for macOS software packaging and distribution, oriented towards the tasks one would normally perform manually to prepare third-party software for mass deployment to managed clients.
These tasks typically involve at least several of the following steps:
- downloading an application and/or updates for it, usually via a web browser
- extracting them from a multitude of archive formats
- adding site-specific configuration
- adding sane versioning information
- "fixing" poorly-written installer scripts
- saving these modifications back to a compressed disk image or installer package
- importing these into a software distribution system like Munki, Jamf Pro, FileWave, etc.
- customizing the associated metadata for such a system with site-specific data, post-installation scripts, version info or other metadata
Often these tasks follow similar patterns for each individual application, and when managing many applications this becomes a daily task full of sub-tasks that one must remember (and/or maintain documentation for) about exactly what had to be done for a successful deployment of every update for every managed piece of software.
With AutoPkg, we define these steps in a "Recipe" plist-based format, run automatically instead of by hand, and shared with others.
Install the latest release.
AutoPkg requires Mac OS X 10.6 or a later version of macOS, and Git is highly recommended to have installed so that it can manage recipe repositories. Knowledge of Git itself is not required.
Git can be installed via Apple's command-line developer tools package, which can be prompted for installation by simply typing 'git' in a Terminal window (OS X 10.9 or later).
A getting started guide is available here.
Frequently Asked Questions (and answers!) are here.
See the wiki for more documentation.
Discussion of the use and development of AutoPkg is here.