There is no way of adminstratively disabling auto-updating on behalf of the user. Two more updates, neither particularly good: I have a feeling the answer to that will be no. I have a ticket open with Maxon to see if the online updater can be disabled. Here's the part I'm stumbling upon: I don't want students running updates, and by default, it will check in on first launch and try and do an online update. ) if /g_modulePath =/' /Applications/Maxon Cinema 4D R21/resource/config.txtĪlternatively, you could just edit the file by hand, and copy or install the edited file over the existing file.

This example is for a Maxon License Server if you use Reprise License Server, your code will be different.) perl -pi -e '$_. I don't know that the location within the config.txt file is that important, but if Maxon says to put it into a specific location, I'm going to do it, just in case. (This puts it into the Maxon-prescribed location within the config.txt file. I incorporated that as a one-liner into the same postinstall script. Once installed, you'll need to modify /Applications/Maxon Cinema 4D R21/resource/config.txt to add the license server (either Maxon License Server or Reprise License Server) info. '/private/tmp/Maxon Cinema 4D R21 Full Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh' -mode unattended -unattendedmodeui noneĢ. One option, if you don't want to do a snapshot install (I don't) is to create a pkg that dumps their installer into /tmp, then use a postinstall script to run a silent install. You're going to have to repackage this, since they distribute it as an. I could write that file out if I need to, but I'm wondering if there is a Maxon supported method for creating or manipulating that file.ĭoes anyone deploy Cinema 4D, and have you yet deployed R21? What have you encountered when doing so?ġ. I see that there is a JSON file that gets created at ~/Library/Preferences/Maxon/Maxon Cinema 4D R21_90860A1D/licenseserver.json that seems to contain the license server info. The problem I haven't been able to figure out: how do I pre-set a Maxon License Server, so that my students aren't prompted at first launch for that? So, using that, I can create a package using Composer that drops their installer into /tmp, then does a post-install script that runs that command. The actual install can be silent installed with Maxon Cinema 4D R21 Full Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh -mode unattended -unattendedmodeui none Fortunately, Maxon also provides some command-line install help. Maxon distributes the software as a custom installer built using BitRock InstallBuilder. I have our infrastructure team adding the Maxon License Server to one of our servers, but in the meantime, I'm taking a look at creating a package for Cinema 4D itself.

We're getting ready to deploy Cinema 4D R21, using the Maxon License Server.

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