How to Install LMS via Terminal on Mac OS X

[Man in a van]

I know that High Sierra is out of date and that one should really use a more up to date OS, but, please be kind

I have a Late 2012 Mac-mini running High Sierra headless.

I have a Windows 10 Pro Desktop running PuTTY for SSH into the Mac-mini

Which commands are required to;

a) Download and install LMS on the Mac-mini. I would like to download the latest and greatest version of 8.3.1

b) Is there a command to install any subsequent LMS downloaded update ?

I know how to start / stop LMS via a Terminal
I know how to update openssl

I just realised that I don't know how to use the commandline for installation and updating LMS

Any help is appreciated

ronnie

[mherger]

I've never done that myself... I'd just use screen sharing instead.

But it seems to be possible, see eg. https://www.techrepublic.com/article...acos-and-os-x/. LMS comes as an installer package. But as I said: I've never done that. I'm pretty sure that you'd have to play with the params to get it in the right place (it should be installed in /Library/PreferencePanes).

If configured correctly LMS will download the updates automatically in the background. You'd then repeat whatever you figured out above with the file you'll find in ~/Library/Caches/Squeezebox/updates/.

[Man in a van]

Thanks for your reply Michael

I'm actually trying this in reverse as I have an LMS installed with an update available. Following your reply, if I can install the update, then bingo!

I checked for the new package and also where the current LMS is installed

login as: ronnie
Keyboard-interactive authentication prompts from server:
| Password:
End of keyboard-interactive prompts from server
Last login: Wed Jan 25 11:40:50 2023 from 192.168.1.3
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$ ls -l ~/Library/Caches/Squeezebox/updates/
total 185768
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 46039475 Jan 25 05:49 LogitechMediaServer-8.3.1-1674060640.pkg
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 139 Jan 25 07:32 baby.version
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 14771422 Jan 15 13:24 baby_7.7.3_r16676.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 139 Jan 15 14:22 fab4.version
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 34280333 Jan 15 13:56 fab4_7.8.0_r16754.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 88 Jan 25 07:34 server.version
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$ ls -l /Library/PreferencePanes
total 0
[email protected] 3 root admin 102 Jan 4 08:01 Squeezebox.prefPane
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$

Following the link you provided I entered this command

installer -pkg ~/Library/Caches/Squeezebox/updates/LogitechMediaServer-8.3.1-1674060640.pkg -target /Library/PreferencePanes/

However I got the following error (I tried with sudo as well)

Mac-mini:~ ronnie$ installer -pkg ~/Library/Caches/Squeezebox/updates/LogitechMediaServer-8.3.1-1674060640.pkg -target /Library/PreferencePanes/
installer: Error trying to locate volume at /Library/PreferencePanes/
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$ sudo installer -pkg ~/Library/Caches/Squeezebox/updates/LogitechMediaServer-8.3.1-1674060640.pkg -target /Library/PreferencePanes/
Password:
installer: Error trying to locate volume at /Library/PreferencePanes/
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$

It would seem a "volume" is expected, does the downloaded package have to be mounted ?

If so, how would I do that, please.


ronnie

[mherger]

I have no experience with the command whatsoever. I'd recommend you read its man page and google around for the error message?

Or you ask chatGPT. That's what everybody's doing nowadays

[Man in a van]

I have no experience with the command whatsoever. I'd recommend you read its man page and google around for the error message?

Or you ask chatGPT. That's what everybody's doing nowadays

Ah well..sigh

Thanks anyway.

I'll pass on the AI thng, and as for man pages, I struggle with them; they presume a level of competence in the subject that I simply don't have

I'll keep looking, maybe someone else will drop by

Keep safe

ronnie

[mherger]

I tried that:

installer -pkg ~/Library/Caches/Squeezebox/updates/LogitechMediaServer-8.3.1-1674060640.pkg -target /Library/PreferencePanes/

And it worked - in a regular session. But the installer tries to launch the preference pane after the installation. That might cause the failure in your case.

And you should obviously make sure the target path exists.

[Man in a van]

I tried that:



And it worked - in a regular session. But the installer tries to launch the preference pane after the installation. That might cause the failure in your case.

And you should obviously make sure the target path exists.

Thanks for the "extra mile" Michael

Still not working for me though

I had already updated yesterday when I saw your reply, so I download a fresh package and put it in the updates folder (this might give it a different ownership, I don't know). I also download and installed v 8.4.0 over the top of 8.3 1 so that there would be a different version to install.

I tried again this morning; here is the printout:- Please note the blue highlights

login as: ronnie
Keyboard-interactive authentication prompts from server:
| Password:
End of keyboard-interactive prompts from server
Last login: Thu Jan 26 08:49:13 2023
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$ ls -l ~/Library/Caches/Squeezebox/updates/
total 185760
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 46039475 Jan 26 08:51 LogitechMediaServer-8.3.1-1674060640.pkg
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 139 Jan 25 07:32 baby.version
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 14771422 Jan 15 13:24 baby_7.7.3_r16676.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 139 Jan 15 14:22 fab4.version
-rw-r--r-- 1 ronnie staff 34280333 Jan 15 13:56 fab4_7.8.0_r16754.bin
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$ ls -l /Library/PreferencePanes/
total 0
[email protected] 3 root admin 102 Jan 24 08:21 Squeezebox.prefPane
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$ installer -pkg ~/Library/Caches/Squeezebox/updates/LogitechMediaServer-8.3.1-1674060640.pkg -target /Library/PreferencePanes/
installer: Error trying to locate volume at /Library/PreferencePanes/
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$ -help
-bash: -help: command not found
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$ installer -help
Usage: installer [options...] -pkg <pathToPackage> -target <device>

Options:
[-dominfo] # Display domains that can be installed into.
[-volinfo] # Display volumes that can be installed onto.
[-pkginfo] # Display package that will be installed
(for metapackages, shows contents).
[-query] <flag> # Display information about package metadata.
[-allowUntrusted] # Allow installing a package signed by an
untrusted (or expired) certificate.
[-dumplog] # Write log information to standard error
(in addition to the usual syslog).
[-help] # Display this help information.
[-verbose] # Display detailed information.
[-verboseR] # Display detailed information with
simplified progress output.
[-vers] # Display this tool version.
[-config] # Display command line parameters in XML
plist format.
[-plist] # Display -dominfo, -volinfo, or -pkginfo in
XML plist format (ignored when performing
installation).
[-file <pathToFile>] # Configuration file supplying parameters in
XML plist format.
[-lang <ISOLanguageCode>] # Sets the default language Mac OS X will use
after installation.
[-listiso] # Lists the ISO language codes that are
recognized.
[-showChoicesXML] # Output XML data describing the choices and
their properties and state.
[-showChoicesAfterApplyingChangesXML <pathToFile>]
# Apply changes specified in the file to the
choices in the package and output the
resulting XML data. See below for the
file format description.
[-applyChoiceChangesXML <pathToFile>]
# Apply changes specified in the file to the
package and proceeds with installation.
See below for the file format
description.

Device:
The -target <device> parameter is any one of the following:

(1) One of the domains returned by -dominfo.
(2) Volume mount point. Any entry of the form of /Volumes/Mountpoint.
ex: /Volumes/Untitled

Flags:
RestartAction # Can optionally return one of the following:
None
RecommendRestart
RequireLogout
RequireRestart
RequireShutdown

Choices file-format:
An XML file that is an array of choiceIdentifiers (as strings) to
toggle. Each choiceIdentifier specified will be toggled in order --
exactly as if a user had clicked on its checkbox in Installer.app's
customization pane.

Examples:
installer -pkg InstallMe.pkg -target CurrentUserHomeDirectory
installer -pkg InstallMe.pkg -target '/Volumes/Macintosh HD2' -lang ja
installer -volinfo -pkg InstallMe.pkg
installer -pkginfo -pkg InstallMe.pkg
installer -query RestartAction -pkg InstallMe.pkg
installer -pkg InstallMe.pkg -target / -showChoicesXML
Mac-mini:~ ronnie$

It seems to be / have been a common error, see this link from 2017, 200 "me toos" and no reply It's a different -target but the same problem, there are a lot more on stackexchange. Most say that the file gets sent to the root folder.

The update install works from the Desktop when usinf screen sharing, so I guess that will have to do ( at least for now )

ronnie