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Old 12-28-2022, 06:33 PM   #1
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Default A way to install a folder full of individual plugin installs in one install

I am a happy Patreon supporter of Analog Obsession. But now there are almost 40 plugins, all released as separate installers that nave to be run individually. Airwindows, who I'm also a happy Patreon supporter of, may have a million plugins (some of dubious value to me) but he zips the plugin up so when you download the whole shebang you only need to unzip them all and drag them all together into the plugin folder. I've tried a few ways of opening the AO installers to see if I could just drag a plugin contained within tp the folder, but haven't made it work.


Is there any OS X utility, perhaps a front end for a command line solution, that will allow you to install all 40 plugins in one act?

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Old 01-03-2023, 06:52 PM   #2
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Do the plugins have installers or are they just zipped and supposed to work after being placed in the right directory?
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Old 02-21-2023, 09:33 AM   #3
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Do the plugins have installers or are they just zipped and supposed to work after being placed in the right directory?
Installers. Hate having to run 20 installers.
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Old 02-21-2023, 03:23 PM   #4
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I think you have to install all the individual plugins first, but then you can zip yourself the installed VSTs (.vst3, .vst, .component ...), and move them around.
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Old 02-21-2023, 03:30 PM   #5
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Actually, there is a way to install pkg files from commande line, just follow this link and look at the best answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...le-in-mac-os-x

You probably first need to look for a solution to not have to input your root password for each installer.
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Old 02-21-2023, 03:56 PM   #6
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Hi, sguyader. That's a developer solution, for how to write the package. I just want to be able to tell my system "Don't let the installers ask me any questions, because the answers for all 20 will be the same. Just go ahead and install and quit." It would be great to have any selected installer run from start to finish with the responses to the first one holding for all the rest without the pauses and checking boxes, but I'd settle for manually opening a group of installers and having them respond this way.

This is only for when plugins only have updaters, not a zip of the plugin that one click unzips and one mouse move puts it in the plugin folder.
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Ok, sorry. Then the hassle will only be on the first bulk install, later on it's less likely that you'll need to update all the plugins at the same time, usually the updates are released one by one by the developer.
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Automator/Apple script?
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