Terminal Script Deployments of Foxit PDF Editor

Foxit PDF Editor for macOS supports deployments via the Terminal app.

Please note: Deployment is not one-size-fits-all, every enterprise is different. This guide should only be used as a reference and not literal. If you are not familiar with Apple's macOS Terminal.app, please contact Apple directly.

In this article:

• Licensing
• Installing with Terminal

Licensing

ARD deployments support the following licensing options:

• Named user licensing
• Shared device licensing

The only difference in the deployment is that for Shared Device Licensing you will need to embed the key in the installer. 

Installing with Terminal

The following script will deploy the software silently. (no user interaction)

echo "your_admin_psw" | sudo -S installer -pkg <path to installer> -target /