Addigy doesn't support uploading entire directories at once--uploads must be individual files. This means that a .app file, which is technically a directory, must be first compressed into a single file before uploading into a Smart Software item within Addigy. For most .app installations, simply copying the directory into the /Applications/ folder will complete the installation.
If you have a dmg file, we recommend following this article for steps on how to deploy that: How-To: Create Custom/Smart Software items (.dmg files)
Deploying .app Files
Using Google Chrome.app as an example, the following commands can be run on a device to compress the .app into a tar.gz format.
- First, navigate to the directory where the .app file is present. In this example, the app is in "/Volumes/Google Chrome".
cd "/Volumes/Google Chrome"
- Inside of this directory, run the following command to compress the .app into a tar.gz format:
tar -czvf ~/Desktop/chromeapp.tar.gz "Google Chrome.app"This takes the application "Google Chrome.app" and generates the file 'chromeapp.tar.gz' in the 'Desktop' directory. This path and tar file name can be changed to your preference.
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Next, upload the file to the Custom Software in Addigy by creating a new Smart Software and clicking Select File(s).
- Add the following Installation Command to the Smart Software to extract the .app to the /Applications folder on the device(s) it's deployed to.
tar -zxf chromeapp.tar.gz -C /Applications/
Note: using the 'v' flag in the tar extraction command can delay the deployments of the policy and software enforcement.