Installing VLC macOS 10.15

[khunley]

I was wondering if there's an updated script on installing vlc on macOS Catalina machines. I have tried modifying older scripts with no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[larry_barrett]

I just had it fail from the videolan.org website (2x, worked on the 3rd time). If you use one of the mirrors, the old any-app-template method should still work.

[wmayhone]

Hey just tested this one and it seemed to work just fine:

#!/bin/bash
temp=$TMPDIR$(uuidgen)
mkdir -p $temp/mount
curl https://vlc.freemirror.org/vlc/3.0.7.1/macosx/vlc-3.0.7.1.dmg > $temp/1.dmg
yes | hdiutil attach -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint $temp/mount $temp/1.dmg
cp -r $temp/mount/*.app /Applications
hdiutil detach $temp/mount
rm -r $temp

[wmayhone]

Granted you may need to update the version.

[Gennaro]

#!/bin/sh
temp=$TMPDIR$(uuidgen)

mkdir -p $temp/mount

vlcVersion=`expr "$(curl "get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/")" : '.*(vlc-.*.dmg)'`

curl -L get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/$vlcVersion > $temp/vlc.dmg

yes | hdiutil attach -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint $temp/mount $temp/vlc.dmg

cp -r $temp/mount/*.app /Applications

hdiutil detach $temp/mount

rm -r $temp

This is my current solution and its been working great!

[khunley]

Hi,

I tried both scripts and I keep getting this error message on the logs:

Script result: mkdir: D9C3A8D4-7870-4193-B2D8-9003F4986610/mount: Read-only file system
/Library/Application Support/JAMF/tmp/newvlc: line 4: D9C3A8D4-7870-4193-B2D8-9003F4986610/1.dmg: No such file or directory
hdiutil: attach failed - No such file or directory
cp: D9C3A8D4-7870-4193-B2D8-9003F4986610/mount/*.app: No such file or directory
hdiutil: detach failed - No such file or directory
rm: D9C3A8D4-7870-4193-B2D8-9003F4986610: No such file or directory

[larry_barrett]

Try a mirror
https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/videolan/vlc/3.0.8/macosx/vlc-3.0.8.dmg
https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/vlc/vlc/3.0.8/macosx/vlc-3.0.8.dmg
https://mirrors.syringanetworks.net/videolan/vlc/3.0.8/macosx/vlc-3.0.8.dmg
https://mirror.clarkson.edu/videolan/vlc/3.0.8/macosx/vlc-3.0.8.dmg

[Gennaro]

@khunley I recommend opening a terminal on a desktop and just copy pasting the script line by line and seeing where you're getting the hiccup.

Just by looking at that output 1.dmg doesn't exist. Are you sure your script is downloading it as 1.dmg and not something else and then a later part is trying to call 1.dmg?

[cbrewer]

Here is another VLC install script (mine). I provide the current version (3.0.8) and current SHA256 checksum (422aaf37cd12cdc49f27a5f8fa9a16d287ea8ae8f451cedc8b7a2e0b5d39c068) as $4 and $5 variables.

#!/bin/bash

# Automatically download and install VLC

if [[ -z $4 ]]; then
  echo "Version not specified"
  exit 1
fi

# Variables
appName="VLC.app"
dmgName="vlc-$4.dmg"
dmgVolumePath="/Volumes/VLC media player"
downloadUrl="https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/$4/macosx"

# Start

appPath="/Applications/${appName}"

# List version
if [[ -d "${appPath}" ]]; then
  echo "${appName} version is $(defaults read "${appPath}"/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleShortVersionString)"
else
  echo "${appName} not installed"
fi

# Download DMG file into /tmp/
curl -s ${downloadUrl}/${dmgName} -o "/tmp/${dmgName}"

# Verify SHA256 checksum
if [[ $(shasum -a 256 "/tmp/${dmgName}" | awk '{print $1}') == "$5" ]]; then
  echo "Checksum verified"
else
  echo "Checksum verification failed"
  echo "Failed checksum is $(shasum -a 256 "/tmp/${dmgName}" | awk '{print $1}')"
  rm -f "/tmp/${dmgName}"
  exit 1
fi

# Mount DMG File
hdiutil attach "/tmp/${dmgName}" -nobrowse

# Check for successful download
if [[ ! -d "${dmgVolumePath}" ]]; then
    echo "Download unsuccessful"
    exit 1
fi

# Remove app if already installed
if [[ -d "${appPath}" ]]; then
    rm -R "${appPath}"
    echo "Removed existing copy of ${appName} from /Applications directory"
fi

# Copy application to /Applications/
cp -R "${dmgVolumePath}/${appName}" /Applications/

# Unmount DMG file
hdiutil detach "${dmgVolumePath}"

# Remove downloaded DMG file
rm -f "/tmp/${dmgName}"

# List version and exit with error code if not found
if [[ -d "${appPath}" ]]; then
  echo "${appName} version is $(defaults read "${appPath}"/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleShortVersionString)"
else
  echo "${appName} not installed"
  exit 1
fi

[drtaru]

I just used Recipe Robot to make an autopkgr recipe for VLC, the app uses sparkle so AutoPkgr will always grab the latest version based on the sparkle feed.

[Gennaro]

@khunley funny thing, I just ran into a similar issue you were running into but on something unrelated.

You're getting a download issue because the script is trying to navigate to "/Library/Application Support/JAMF/" but the script is breaking because of the space in "Application Support"

Try this and tell me if it works as expected:

#!/bin/sh
temp=$TMPDIR$(uuidgen)
noMount=/Library/JAMF/tmp/$temp
mount=$noMount/mount
mkdir -p $mount

vlcVersion=`expr "$(curl "get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/")" : '.*(vlc-.*.dmg)'`
curl -L get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/$vlcVersion > $noMount/vlc.dmg

yes | hdiutil attach -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint $mount $noMount/vlc.dmg

cp -r $mount/*.app /Applications

hdiutil detach $mount

rm -r $noMount

let me know if you need any more help.

[ddixon]

Is there an updated version of this script available?

[FutureFacinLuke]

I think this is failing as there are now three variants in get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/

1. vlc-3.0.16-arm64.dmg
2. vlc-3.0.16-intel64.dmg
3. vlc-3.0.16-universal.dmg

So we need logic based on 'arch' to get the correct version or just grab the universal variant.

[khunley]

@Gennaro I'm so sorry for the late reply on this. I finally tried your script and it worked perfectly! Thank you so much for the help on this!

[kwoodard]

Any update on this script? I imagine that we would want to just go with the Universal installer so we don't have to maintain two policies?

[cbrewer]

https://github.com/cwmcbrewster/Jamf_Scripts/blob/master/Install_VLC.sh

I provide the version as $4 and the checksum as $5. Currently that is 3.0.17.3 and cff4e9d41ced0e29f88b75cb683a8fd5c788a9492047390d2b8a3ca7e8e37456.

[kwoodard]

Is there a way to not have to specify a version and install whichever is current? If I left $4 and $5 empty, would that accomplish this?

[cbrewer]

Try this. I made this version a while back, just haven't put it to use.

#!/bin/zsh

# Automatically download and install VLC

# Variables
appName="VLC.app"
appPath="/Applications/${appName}"
appProcessName="VLC"
dmgVolumePath="/Volumes/VLC media player"
downloadUrl="https://get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx"

# Try to obtain and validate dmgName
dmgName=$(curl -LSs "http://get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/" | grep -E '\"vlc-.+universal\.dmg\"' | awk -F\" '{print $2}')
echo "DMG Name: ${dmgName}"
if [[ ! ${dmgName} =~ '^vlc.+\.dmg$' ]]; then
  echo "Failed to get DMG name"
  exit 1
fi

cleanup () {
  if [[ -f "${tmpDir}/${dmgName}" ]]; then
    if rm -f "${tmpDir}/${dmgName}"; then
      echo "Removed file ${tmpDir}/${dmgName}"
    fi
  fi
  if [[ -d "${tmpDir}" ]]; then
    if rm -R "${tmpDir}"; then
      echo "Removed directory ${tmpDir}"
    fi
  fi
  if [[ -d "${dmgVolumePath}" ]]; then
    if hdiutil detach "${dmgVolumePath}" -quiet; then
      echo "Unmounted DMG"
    fi
  fi
}

createTmpDir () {
  if [ -z ${tmpDir+x} ]; then
    tmpDir=$(mktemp -d)
    echo "Temp dir set to ${tmpDir}"
  fi
}

processCheck () {
  if pgrep -x "${appProcessName}" > /dev/null; then
    echo "${appProcessName} is currently running"
    echo "Aborting install"
    cleanup
    exit 0
  else
    echo "${appProcessName} not currently running"
  fi
}

tryDownload () {
  if curl -LSs "${downloadUrl}/${dmgName}" -o "${tmpDir}/${dmgName}"; then
    echo "Download successful"
    tryDownloadState=1
  else
    echo "Download unsuccessful"
    tryDownloadCounter=$((tryDownloadCounter+1))
  fi
}

versionCheck () {
  if [[ -d "${appPath}" ]]; then
    echo "${appName} version is $(defaults read "${appPath}/Contents/Info.plist" CFBundleShortVersionString)"
    versionCheckStatus=1
  else
    echo "${appName} not installed"
    versionCheckStatus=0
  fi
}

# Start

# List version
versionCheck

# Make sure volume is not already mounted and unmount if needed
if [[ -d "${dmgVolumePath}" ]]; then
  echo "${dmgVolumePath} already in use. Attempting to unmount"
  hdiutil detach "${dmgVolumePath}"
fi

# Download dmg file into tmp dir (60 second timeout)
tryDownloadState=0
tryDownloadCounter=0
while [[ ${tryDownloadState} -eq 0 && ${tryDownloadCounter} -le 60 ]]; do
  processCheck
  createTmpDir
  tryDownload
  sleep 1
done

# Check for successful download
if [[ ! -f "${tmpDir}/${dmgName}" ]]; then
  echo "Download unsuccessful"
  cleanup
  exit 1
fi

# Mount dmg file
if hdiutil attach "${tmpDir}/${dmgName}" -nobrowse -quiet; then
  echo "Mounted DMG"
else
  echo "Failed to mount DMG"
  cleanup
  exit 1
fi

# Check for expected dmg path
if [[ ! -d "${dmgVolumePath}" ]]; then
  echo "Could not locate ${dmgVolumePath}"
  cleanup
  exit 1
fi

# Remove app if already installed
if [[ -d "${appPath}" ]]; then
  if rm -R "${appPath}"; then
    echo "Removed existing ${appName} from /Applications directory"
  else
    echo "Failed to remove existing ${appName} from /Applications directory"
    cleanup
    exit 1
  fi
fi

# Copy application to /Applications
if cp -R "${dmgVolumePath}/${appName}" /Applications/; then
  echo "Copied ${appName} to /Applications directory"
else
  echo "Failed to copy ${appName} to /Applications directory"
fi

# Remove tmp dir and downloaded dmg file
cleanup

# List version and exit with error code if not found
versionCheck
if [[ ${versionCheckStatus} -eq 0 ]]; then
  exit 1
fi

[kwoodard]

I will give it a go! Thank you!

[vickih]

Hey KHunley, 

This script worked for me, Talking Moose knows his stuff.  I created a script within Jamf and just copied and pasted Talking Moose script off of git hub.  Deployed it as a policy and worked like a champ. 

VLC Script