Package

The declaration to install a package.

Declaration

object Package

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`InstallBehavior`	`PackageInstallBehaviorObject`	A dictionary that describes how and when to install the package.
`ManifestURL` Required	string	The URL of the manifest document for the package that the device downloads. The manifest is returned as a ManifestURL property list. The `url` property of the manifest must point to the package (.pkg) file to install.

Mentioned in

Installing packages

Discussion

Specify com.apple.configuration.package as the declaration type.

This declaration installs a package on a device. Packages can contain apps, fonts, documents, and other items. Apps that a package installs aren’t automatically managed; you can manage them using the AppManaged declaration.

Configuration availability


Allowed in supervised enrollment	macOS
Allowed in device enrollment	NA
Allowed in user enrollment	NA
Allowed in local enrollment	NA
Allowed in system scope	macOS
Allowed in user scope	NA

Configuration example

This configuration installs a required package.

{
    "Type": "com.apple.configuration.package",
    "Identifier": "EB13EE2B-5D63-4EBA-810F-5B81D07F5017",
    "ServerToken": "E180CA9A-F089-4FA3-BBDF-94CC159C4AE8",
    "Payload": {
        "ManifestURL": "https://example.com/files/packages/TestPackage.plist",
        "InstallBehavior": {
            "Install": "Required"
        }
    }
}

Topics

Objects

PackageInstallBehaviorObject