To see what updates are available for a mac, or to install a software update from the terminal of mac os x, amongst many other options including how to ignore particular updates, you’ll use the ‘softwareupdate’ command line tool as we’ll instruct below.. How to update apple os x using command line software update tool last updated october 26, 2015 in categories bash shell , mac os x , package management , unix h ow do i install software updates from the command line tool on my apple mac os x computer?. Apple released an update to mac os x today, upping the latest version to 10.4.6. reader adam writes in: i like running softwareupdate in the terminal so i don't get a popup that won't go away.
With my first example, if the software update takes a long-ish time, the timeout for sudo asking for a password will expire, and the sudo reboot will sit waiting for your password.. Question: q: command line software update preferences we just started using a mac os x 10.4.8 (ppc) xserve to act as our in-house software update server. the preference for the location of the software update server is a user-level setting, i've specified this our server in workgroup manager.. Installing software updates from the command line is incredibly useful for remote management of machines, just ssh into a mac and run the appropriate commands. read on for more… read on for more… to install software updates from the command line, you’ll use the aptly named ‘softwareupdate’ command..
