Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) - Manual (Page 597)

Tools for Advanced Administrators 597
Using installer
Here are the parameters that installer accepts. Parameters are delimited using angle brackets
(<>) if they are required and square brackets ([]) if they are optional:
installer [-volinfo] [-pkginfo] [-allow] [-dumplog]
[-help] [-verbose | verboseR] [-vers] [-config] [-plist]
[-file pathToFile] [-lang isoLanguageCode]
<-pkg pathToPackage> <-target pathToDestinationVolume>
where
-volinfo
displays a list of mounted volumes into which the software package can be installed.
-pkginfo
displays a list of packages that can be installed onto the target volume. If a metapackage is
specified, all of its subpackages are listed.
-allow
installs an older version over a newer version if the software package supports this.
-dumplog
sends the standard installer log to StdOut.
-help
displays a list of parameters you can use with the installer tool.
-verbose
displays more information than the default output, which is formatted for scripting. Use
this parameter in conjunction with information requests (for example, -pkginfo) to
improve the readability of the information returned.
-verboseR
displays installation status (percent complete) and progress information for packages and
phases.
-vers
displays the version of the tool.
-config
formats the command-line installation arguments for later use. You can redirect the
output to a configuration file. Then you can use the -file parameter to perform multiple
identical installs.
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