Installing updates using CC Packager

[Guest]

Hello,

I am trying to use the Adobe CC packager to create packages of just application updates, for example going from Illustrator 2015 to 2015.3. Since we are not allowed to use the Adobe CC updater desktop app, I'm thinking this is my only way. My original plan was to create a new package of only the newest updates, then roll it out to five or six machines quarterly. The issue I'm having, is that when you install the updates on each machine, it doesn't install over the older version. It just installs an additional copy of the CC application, and then you have multiple versions of it installed (for example the machine will then have Adobe Animate CC 2015, and Adobe Animate CC 2015.2). I am wondering if I am doing something wrong, or if this is just the way Adobe CC works. If so, I would have to not only install the updates, but then uninstall the older version of the application. Any insight would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[alisterblack]

Some update installers are full binaries which require the previous version to be uninstalled.

Others are regular 'patches' which do not require this.

This document outlines how to identify the former.

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply! So, it's safe to say that in most cases the update will require the previous version to be uninstalled. Is there any way to automate this process in the packager? For example, have the previous versions uninstalled during the update process. I'm just looking for a way to streamline the process as much as possible.

[alisterblack]

There is unfortunately not a way to automate this in the Packager (though this is a frequent request and one our engineers are aware of). Our usual recommendation would be to perform an msi uninstall..

E.G.

start /wait msiexec /uninstall photoshop_and_illustrator.msi /qn

To uninstall a CCP package on OS X from the command line or a script, use the uninstaller PKG file, for example:

sudo installer -pkg Muse_Uninstall.pkg -target /