Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update

[#1]

Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that
was released on 11-10-09? I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and
converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.

I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of
different packages inside of it. I know I could take a snapshot but I
just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without doing
that.

Cody Smedsrud
Educational Technology Associate
Success Charter Network
34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10026
646-747-2370 (office)
646-842-0981 (mobile)
212-457-5659 (fax)
cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org

[dderusha]

Correct, our window is 11:45pm to 4:45am. If the user is not around they can always get it from Self Service.

[dderusha]

Cody-

Normally I delete the old and replace it. Overlaying the new is working out with this install, we did not uninstall the previous version.
I just tested it for you, it took approx. 10 minutes pushing it to 1 workstation. The package is 542mb.

thanks

Dan

[John_Wetter]

Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it that way? That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you run into problems there.

John

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John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373

[ernstcs]

I haven’t done that yet for this update, but you are correct that it is the way to go pending testing that it works. They have in the past.

Craig E

[tlarkin]

If you are using compiled configurations you could drop the pkg file into your compiled configuration and recompile it. This will only update the image though as it won't create an incremental update for you to push out with Casper.

I, personally, would just recreate the office package and replace it on the JSS then replicate it out. Then have it install the whole package again. I have seen too many weird things go on in my environment with partial installs. Of course, my issues are mostly environmental so many do not apply to the rest of you lucky people that don't have these things happen to you.

[#7]

I uploaded it to Casper Admin as suggested and used Casper Remote to test
it on a machine. The install failed. The log shows:

Installation failed. The installer reported: Traceback (most recent call
last):
File "/Library/Application Support/JAMF/Downloads/Office 2008 12.2.3
Update.mpkg/Contents/Resources/build_package_map", line 78, in
symlink_path=os.path.join(map_dir, package_id)
File
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/posixpath.py",
line 60, in join
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
2009-11-18 13:24:08.210 package_updatable[14427:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.227 package_updatable[14427:10b] 1352041069 69396
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/toc.xml
2009-11-18 13:24:08.646 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.663 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
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/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
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Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
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Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
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Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
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Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
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PowerPoint.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
installer: Package name is Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
installer: Installing at base path /
installer:PHASE:Preparing for installation
installer: The install failed (The Installer could not install the
software because there was no software found to install.)

Any ideas?

Cody Smedsrud

[dderusha]

I agree with Tom. Sometimes adding the updates go smooth, too many times they have issues. Instead of troubleshooting/investing time why the update didn't work, we decided to take a little more time and effort to create the full suite. We have the bandwidth to accomidate the extra data.

Dan De Rusha

[#9]

What is your policy/workflow like for distributing that already deployed
machines?

Cody Smedsrud

[dderusha]

Cody-

we create a smartlist based on the old version of office.

we offer it on self service for a few days then we policy Office to all the users that are left in the smart group.
all the users that are left in the smart group are the users that have not downloaded it from self service.

Thanks

Dan

[tlarkin]

That could be key as I think when a user is logged in, or even worse - running office - while you try to run updates I think it can cause issue. Scheduled updates at night when no one is around or done as a log out or boot up policy I think are best practices to deploy such things.

[#12]

Dan,

As part of your policy do you delete the old version of office first or
just install over top of it? My biggest concern with this is how long it
is going to take to push a package that big.

Cody Smedsrud

[#13]

Here is a procedure that I have developed and been testing. So far, works
well.

For new install of Office 2008.

1. Create a disk image (dmg) of the Office install DVD
2. Using Apple package maker, create a "payload package" with a post-install script
   1. Drag and drop dmg to "contents" area
   2. Configure the content "payload"
      1. desination = /tmp/
      2. change permission for dmg to = owner=root, group=wheel
      3. Add a postinstall script
      4. Build package
      5. Add package to JSS and deploy via policy or Casper Remote.

Sample script that I'm using:

#!/bin/bash
############################################################################################################################
# Variables for volume checking
rootpath="Volumes"
volumecheck="Microsoft Office 2008"
#
#
# Variables for installation
installimagerootpath="tmp"
installimage="MsOffice2008MacDVD.dmg"
installername="Office Installer.mpkg"
installpath="/$rootpath/$volumecheck"
#
#
##################################
# DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE
##################################
#
############################################################################################################################
#
#
test -d "/$rootpath/$volumecheck" # check if volume exist

if [ "$?" = "0" ] # If exist then /sbin/umount "/$rootpath/$volumecheck" # Unmount volume /bin/sleep 2 # Wait for system to mount image /usr/bin/hdid "/$installimagerootpath/$installimage" # Mount the
installers volume /usr/sbin/installer -pkg "/$installpath/$installername" -target / #
Install
/sbin/umount "/$rootpath/$volumecheck" # Unmount install volume
/bin/rm -f "/$installimagerootpath/$installimage" # Delete image from
system

elif [ "$?" = "1" ] # If does NOT exist
then
/usr/bin/hdid "/$installimagerootpath/$installimage" # Mount the installer
volume /bin/sleep 2 # Wait for system to mount image /usr/sbin/installer -pkg "/$installpath/$installername" -target / #
Install /sbin/umount "/$rootpath/$volumecheck" # Unmount install volume
/bin/rm -f "/$installimagerootpath/$installimage" # Delete image from system
fi

For MS Office updates, repeat procedure above, but substitute the dmg with
an update dmg, and modify the script where applicable.

Anthony Avarca
aavarca at anl.gov
630.252.4940

[tlarkin]

Nice method