macOS Installer PKG Script

[gpchess2k]

Hello Everyone,

Looking for guidance on creating a simple script that will streamline pkg files within an application bundle. I need there to be a progress bar though. Doesnt have to be real-time but needs to stop (alert) when all pkgs have been installed. I know its not possible with AppleScript so my current script below may have to be converted over to bash. Here's what i got in AppleScript thus far:

tell application "Finder"
    set myFolder to (quoted form of (POSIX path of ((path to me) as string))) & "Contents/Resources/Installers/"
end tell

do shell script ¬
    "installer -allowUntrusted -pkg " & myFolder & ¬
    "autoupdate.pkg -target /" with administrator privileges

do shell script ¬
    "installer -allowUntrusted -pkg " & myFolder & ¬
    "excel.pkg -target /" with administrator privileges

do shell script ¬
    "installer -allowUntrusted -pkg " & myFolder & ¬
    "onenote.pkg -target /" with administrator privileges

do shell script ¬
    "installer -allowUntrusted -pkg " & myFolder & ¬
    "powerpoint.pkg -target /" with administrator privileges

do shell script ¬
    "installer -allowUntrusted -pkg " & myFolder & ¬
    "word.pkg -target /" with administrator privileges


tell application "Finder"
    display dialog "Script has completed successfully!" buttons {"Restart", "Cancel"} default button "Cancel" with icon caution
    
    if button returned of result is "Restart" then
        do shell script "(sleep 5 ; shutdown -r now) &>/dev/null &" with administrator privileges
        
    end if
end tell

 

[kryten2]

Starting from OS X Yosemite you can use Automatic Progress Indicators to display progress. There's also cocoadialog and others. I'll leave it up to you to include it or not.

--set myFolder to (quoted form of (POSIX path of ((path to me) as string))) & "Contents/Resources/Installers/"
set myFolder to (quoted form of (POSIX path of ((path to resource "Installers") as string)))

set packageList to {"autoupdate.pkg", "excel.pkg", "onenote.pkg", "powerpoint.pkg", "word.pkg"}


repeat with i from 1 to number of items in packageList
    set packageName to item i of packageList
    -- Install the package
    installPKG(packageName, myFolder)
end repeat

on installPKG(aPackage, installersFolder)
    (*
    do shell script ¬
        "installer -allowUntrusted -pkg " & myFolder & ¬
        "word.pkg -target /" with administrator privileges
*)
    log "installer -allowUntrusted -pkg " & installersFolder & ¬
        aPackage & " -target /"
end installPKG


set buttonReturned to button returned of (display dialog "Script has completed successfully!" buttons {"Restart", "Cancel"} default button "Cancel" with icon caution)

if buttonReturned is "Restart" then
    --do shell script "(sleep 5 ; shutdown -r now) &>/dev/null &" with administrator privileges
    -- or
    -- delay 5
    -- tell application "Finder" to restart
    log "Restarting..."
end if

Note: Remove the log statements!
Info: https://developer.apple.com/library...AutomationScriptingGuide/DisplayProgress.html