How to combine Endpoint Security Mac UniversalESD_RI.pkg and fsdmanifest.js into one pkg file

Products

• Endpoint Security

Issue/Introduction

The Symantec Endpoint Security (SES) for Mac installer is presented as two files: "Symantec Endpoint Protection.UniversalESD_RI.pkg" and "fsdmanifest.js"

How may a customer repackage these as one pkg file for remote deployment?

Resolution

An example of a script that can be used to convert "Symantec Endpoint Protection.UniversalESD_RI.pkg" and "fsdmanifest.js" into one pkg file:

#!/bin/sh
################################################################
# help to generate wrapper PKG for Cloud RI PKG and manifest.js 
# 
# put RI PKG and fsd js file under same folder
#   ls ./ri                                              
#   Symantec Endpoint Protection.UniversalESD_RI.pkg fsdmanifest.js
# 
# execute following command to generate wrapper PKG
#   ./SEPRIRemoteTool.command ./ri
################################################################

RI_FOLDER="$1"
RI_NAME="Symantec Endpoint Protection.UniversalESD_RI.pkg"
JS_NAME="fsdmanifest.js"
RI="${RI_FOLDER}/${RI_NAME}"
JS="${RI_FOLDER}/${JS_NAME}"

echo "check files ..."
if [ ! -d "${RI_FOLDER}" ] ; then
 echo "folder ${RI_FOLDER} doesn't exist"
 exit -1
fi

if [ ! -f "${RI}" ] ; then
 echo "${RI} PKG doesn't exist"
 exit -1
fi

if [ ! -f "${JS}" ]; then
 echo "${JS} doesn't exist"
 exit -1
fi

echo "prepare payload ..."
ROOT="/tmp/RIWrapperRoot"
INSTALL_TMP="${ROOT}/private/tmp/"
if [ -d "${ROOT}" ]; then
  rm -rf "${ROOT}"
fi
mkdir -p "${INSTALL_TMP}"
cp "${RI}" "${INSTALL_TMP}"
cp "${JS}" "${INSTALL_TMP}"

ls "${INSTALL_TMP}"

echo "prepare scripts ..."
SCRIPTS="/tmp/Scripts"
POSTINSTALL="${SCRIPTS}/postinstall"
if [ -d "${SCRIPTS}" ]; then
  rm -rf "${SCRIPTS}"
fi
mkdir -p "${SCRIPTS}"

echo "#!/bin/sh
## postinstall

sudo installer -pkg /private/tmp/Symantec\\ Endpoint\\ Protection.UniversalESD_RI.pkg -target /

rm -rf /private/tmp/Symantec\\ Endpoint\\ Protection.UniversalESD_RI.pkg
rm -rf /private/tmp/fsdmanifest.js

sleep 5
open -a \"Symantec Endpoint Protection\"

exit 0
" > "${POSTINSTALL}"
chmod 755 "${POSTINSTALL}"
ls -l "${POSTINSTALL}"

cat "${POSTINSTALL}"

echo "generate pkg ..."
pkgbuild --identifier "SEP.AV.Cloud.14.3.PKG" --root "${ROOT}" --scripts "${SCRIPTS}" --version "14.3RU2" --install-location "/" SEPRIRemote.pkg

echo "SEPRIRemote.pkg generated in current folder"

Attached also as "SEPRIRemoteTool.command" to bottom of this article