Absolute Manage install script for Adobe Flash Player Plugin on OS X

install-adobe-flash-player.sh

#!/bin/bash

SCRIPT="${0##*/}"

INSTALLPKG="${0%/*}/Install Adobe Flash Player.pkg"

MMSCFGDIR="/Library/Application Support/Macromedia"
MMSCFG="$MMSCFGDIR/mms.cfg"

# Print a message to the system log
# Optionally exit with specified status code
function dlog () {
    /usr/bin/logger -s -t "$SCRIPT" "$1"
    if [[ -n "$2" ]]; then
        exit "$2"
    fi
}

# Create a config file and directory with specified options
function mmscfg () {
    /bin/mkdir -p "$MMSCFGDIR" && \
        printf "AutoUpdateDisable=%s\nSilentAutoUpdateEnable=%s\n" \
               "$1" "$2" > "$MMSCFG"
}

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Parse update options
case $1 in
    --update|--updates )
        case $2 in
            reset|delete|default ) UPDATECHOICE=0 ;;
            allow|auto*|silent   ) UPDATECHOICE=1 ;;
            notify|noisy         ) UPDATECHOICE=2 ;;
            never|disable        ) UPDATECHOICE=3 ;;
        esac ;;
esac

# Install Flash Player and exit if unsuccessful
/usr/sbin/installer -pkg "$INSTALLPKG" -target / || dlog "ERROR Installer exited with status $?" -1

dlog "Update choice = $UPDATECHOICE"

# Set update options
case "$UPDATECHOICE" in
    0 ) /bin/rm -rf "$MMSCFG" ;;
    1 ) mmscfg 0 1 ;;
    2 ) mmscfg 0 0 ;;
    3 ) mmscfg 1 0 ;;
esac

Hi Tyler,

How are you specifying the $UPDATECHOICE? Are you sending a Command Line option in the Absolute package?

• Tobias Morrison

I should check these comments!

Yes, the $UPDATECHOICE variable is set in the case statement based on the command line argument in the Absolute Manage package settings. Setting it to "--update never" would disable updates in the mms.cfg file

This script has been updated to work with the new .pkg installer from Adobe.